How do I get an Ebby API Key?

Log in to your Ebby account, navigate to **Settings > API**, and you can generate or retrieve your unique API Key from there. Ensure you have available minutes in your balance.

What export formats are supported?

Ebby supports exporting transcriptions in various formats including Plain Text (txt), Subtitles (srt, vtt), and Microsoft Word (docx). You can specify the format using the get_transcription_text tool.

Can the agent upload new audio files?

This integration currently focuses on listing, auditing, and retrieving text for existing transcriptions. Uploading and starting new transcription jobs should be managed via the Ebby web interface.

Ebby MCP Server for OpenAI Agents SDK 10 tools — connect in under 2 minutes

Name: Ebby
Availability: InStock
Author: Vinkius

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The OpenAI Agents SDK enables production-grade agent workflows in Python. Connect Ebby through Vinkius and your agents gain typed, auto-discovered tools with built-in guardrails. no manual schema definitions required.

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python

import asyncio
from agents import Agent, Runner
from agents.mcp import MCPServerStreamableHttp

async def main():
    # Your Vinkius token. get it at cloud.vinkius.com
    async with MCPServerStreamableHttp(
        url="https://edge.vinkius.com/[YOUR_TOKEN_HERE]/mcp"
    ) as mcp_server:

        agent = Agent(
            name="Ebby Assistant",
            instructions=(
                "You help users interact with Ebby. "
                "You have access to 10 tools."
            ),
            mcp_servers=[mcp_server],
        )

        result = await Runner.run(
            agent, "List all available tools from Ebby"
        )
        print(result.final_output)

asyncio.run(main())

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About Ebby MCP Server

Integrate Ebby, the powerful automatic transcription and subtitling platform, directly into your AI workflow. Manage your audio and video transcriptions, track real-time processing statuses and durations, retrieve transcribed text in various formats (TXT, SRT, VTT), and oversee speaker identification using natural language.

The OpenAI Agents SDK auto-discovers all 10 tools from Ebby through native MCP integration. Build agents with built-in guardrails, tracing, and handoff patterns. chain multiple agents where one queries Ebby, another analyzes results, and a third generates reports, all orchestrated through Vinkius.

What you can do

Transcription Oversight — List and retrieve detailed information and status for all your audio and video transcription projects.
Content Intelligence — Access the actual transcribed text content and identified speaker labels directly via chat.
Processing Monitoring — Track real-time processing progress, file durations, and language settings for your media library.
Account Auditing — Retrieve high-level summaries of transcription activity, remaining minutes, and organizational metadata instantly.

The Ebby MCP Server exposes 10 tools through the Vinkius. Connect it to OpenAI Agents SDK in under two minutes — no API keys to rotate, no infrastructure to provision, no vendor lock-in. Your configuration, your data, your control.

How to Connect Ebby to OpenAI Agents SDK via MCP

Follow these steps to integrate the Ebby MCP Server with OpenAI Agents SDK.

Install the SDK

Run pip install openai-agents in your Python environment

Replace the token

Replace [YOUR_TOKEN_HERE] with your Vinkius token from cloud.vinkius.com

Run the script

Save the code above and run it: python agent.py

Explore tools

The agent will automatically discover 10 tools from Ebby

Why Use OpenAI Agents SDK with the Ebby MCP Server

OpenAI Agents SDK provides unique advantages when paired with Ebby through the Model Context Protocol.

Native MCP integration via `MCPServerSse`, pass the URL and the SDK auto-discovers all tools with full type safety

Built-in guardrails, tracing, and handoff patterns let you build production-grade agents without reinventing safety infrastructure

Lightweight and composable: chain multiple agents and MCP servers in a single pipeline with minimal boilerplate

First-party OpenAI support ensures optimal compatibility with GPT models for tool calling and structured output

Ebby + OpenAI Agents SDK Use Cases

Practical scenarios where OpenAI Agents SDK combined with the Ebby MCP Server delivers measurable value.

Automated workflows: build agents that query Ebby, process the data, and trigger follow-up actions autonomously

Multi-agent orchestration: create specialist agents. one queries Ebby, another analyzes results, a third generates reports

Data enrichment pipelines: stream data through Ebby tools and transform it with OpenAI models in a single async loop

Customer support bots: agents query Ebby to resolve tickets, look up records, and update statuses without human intervention

Ebby MCP Tools for OpenAI Agents SDK (10)

These 10 tools become available when you connect Ebby to OpenAI Agents SDK via MCP:

get_ebby_account_metadata

Retrieve metadata and usage limits for your Ebby account

get_transcription_details

Get detailed settings and status for a specific transcription

get_transcription_text

Retrieve the transcribed text content for a specific file

list_audio_transcriptions

List all transcriptions created in your Ebby account

list_in_progress_transcriptions

Identify transcriptions that are currently in the processing queue

list_latest_transcriptions

Identify the most recently created or updated transcriptions

list_successfully_processed_audio

Identify transcriptions that have finished processing and are ready for export

list_transcription_speakers

List all speakers identified in a specific transcription

quick_transcription_volume_audit

Retrieve a high-level summary of transcription activity and processing rates

search_transcriptions_by_name

Search for transcriptions using a filename or title keyword

Example Prompts for Ebby in OpenAI Agents SDK

Ready-to-use prompts you can give your OpenAI Agents SDK agent to start working with Ebby immediately.

"List all completed transcriptions."

"Show me the transcribed text for 'Interview_John_Doe.mp3' in SRT format."

"Check how many minutes are remaining in my Ebby account."

Troubleshooting Ebby MCP Server with OpenAI Agents SDK

Common issues when connecting Ebby to OpenAI Agents SDK through the Vinkius, and how to resolve them.

MCPServerStreamableHttp not found

Ensure you have the latest version: pip install --upgrade openai-agents

Agent not calling tools

Make sure your prompt explicitly references the task the tools can help with.

Ebby + OpenAI Agents SDK FAQ

Common questions about integrating Ebby MCP Server with OpenAI Agents SDK.

How does the OpenAI Agents SDK connect to MCP?

Use MCPServerSse(url=...) to create a server connection. The SDK auto-discovers all tools and makes them available to your agent with full type information.