How to integrate AssemblyAI MCP with Codex

Codex is one of the most popular coding harnesses out there. And MCP makes the experience even better. With AssemblyAI MCP integration, you can draft, triage, summarise emails, and much more, all without leaving the terminal or the app, whichever you prefer.

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Introduction

Codex is one of the most popular coding harnesses out there. And MCP makes the experience even better. With AssemblyAI MCP integration, you can draft, triage, summarise emails, and much more, all without leaving the terminal or the app, whichever you prefer.

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Why use Composio?

Apart from a managed and hosted MCP server, you will get:

  • CodeAct: A dedicated workbench that allows GPT to write its code to handle complex tool chaining. Reduces to-and-fro with LLMs for frequent tool calling.
  • Large tool responses: Handle them to minimise context rot.
  • Dynamic just-in-time access to 20,000 tools across 1000+ other Apps for cross-app workflows. It loads the tools you need, so GPTs aren't overwhelmed by tools you don't need.

How to install AssemblyAI MCP in Codex

Run the setup command

Run this command in your terminal to add the Composio MCP server to Codex.

Terminal

It will initiate the authentication in a browser window, authorize Codex to access your Composio account.

Composio authentication page

(Optional) Authenticate with OAuth

To authenticate manually, run the login command to open a browser window and authorize Codex to access your Composio account.

bash
codex mcp login composio

Verify the connection

Run codex mcp list to confirm Composio appears as a registered MCP server.

bash
codex mcp list

Codex App

Codex App follows the same approach as VS Code.

  1. Click ⚙️ on the bottom left → MCP Servers → + Add servers → Streamable HTTP:
  2. Fill the header and Key fields with { "x-consumer-api-key" = "ck_*******" }.
  3. The Key is the Composio API key, that you can find on dashboard.composio.dev
  4. Click on Authenticate and authorize Codex to your Composio account and you're all set.
Codex App MCP setup
  1. Restart and verify if it's there in .codex/config.toml
bash
[mcp_servers.composio]
url = "https://connect.composio.dev/mcp"
http_headers = { "x-consumer-api-key" = "ck_*******" }

What is the AssemblyAI MCP server, and what's possible with it?

The AssemblyAI MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your AssemblyAI account. It provides structured and secure access to your media and transcription workflows, so your agent can upload recordings, submit transcriptions, retrieve results, search transcripts, and export subtitles on your behalf.

  • Media upload and transcription: Have your agent upload an audio or video file, or submit remotely hosted media for transcription.
  • Transcript retrieval and review: Let the agent check transcription progress, retrieve completed text, and list recent transcripts from your account.
  • Detailed transcript segments: Direct your agent to fetch sentence or paragraph segments with timestamps, confidence scores, and individual words.
  • Transcript search and subtitle export: Instruct your agent to find words or phrases with occurrence timestamps, or export completed transcripts as SRT or WebVTT subtitles.
  • Redacted audio and transcript cleanup: Have your agent retrieve available PII-redacted audio or permanently delete stored transcript content you no longer need.

Conclusion

You've successfully integrated AssemblyAI with Codex using Composio's MCP server. Now you can interact with AssemblyAI directly from your terminal, VS Code, or the Codex App using natural language commands.

Key benefits of this setup:

  • Seamless integration across CLI, VS Code, and standalone app
  • Natural language commands for AssemblyAI operations
  • Managed authentication through Composio
  • Access to 20,000+ tools across 1000+ apps for cross-app workflows
  • CodeAct workbench for complex tool chaining

Next steps:

  • Try asking Codex to perform various AssemblyAI operations
  • Explore cross-app workflows by connecting more toolkits
  • Build automation scripts that leverage Codex's AI capabilities
TOOLS

Supported Tools

Every AssemblyAI action and event your agent gets out of the box.

Delete Transcript Content

Irreversibly delete a transcript's stored content.

Export Subtitles

Export a completed transcript as raw SRT or WebVTT subtitle text.

Get Redacted Audio

Get the processing status and short-lived signed download URL for PII-redacted audio.

Get Transcript

Retrieve an AssemblyAI transcript's current state and results, optionally waiting until asynchronous processing completes or fails.

Get Transcript Segments

Return sentence- or paragraph-level segments, timestamps, confidence, and words for a completed transcript.

List Transcripts

List project transcripts from the last 90 days, newest first, with optional filters and a cursor for the next older page.

Search Transcript

Find words or phrases in a completed transcript and return occurrence counts and timestamps.

Submit Transcript

Queue an asynchronous pre-recorded transcription from a reachable media URL.

Upload Media

Upload an audio or video file to AssemblyAI and return the project-private URL to use when submitting a transcript.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

With a standalone AssemblyAI MCP server, the agents and LLMs can only access a fixed set of AssemblyAI tools tied to that server. However, with the Composio Tool Router, agents can dynamically load tools from AssemblyAI and many other apps based on the task at hand, all through a single MCP endpoint.

Yes, you can. Codex fully supports MCP integration. You get structured tool calling, message history handling, and model orchestration while Tool Router takes care of discovering and serving the right AssemblyAI tools.

Yes, absolutely. You can configure which AssemblyAI scopes and actions are allowed when connecting your account to Composio. You can also bring your own OAuth credentials or API configuration so you keep full control over what the agent can do.

All sensitive data such as tokens, keys, and configuration is fully encrypted at rest and in transit. Composio is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant and follows strict security practices so your AssemblyAI data and credentials are handled as safely as possible.

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