Bring Meeting Transcription
to Cline
Learn how to connect Fireflies.ai to Cline and start using 12 AI agent tools in minutes. Fully managed, enterprise secure, and ready to use without writing a single line of code.
What is the Fireflies.ai MCP Server?
Connect your Fireflies.ai account to any AI agent and unlock the power of meeting intelligence through the Model Context Protocol (MCP). Fireflies.ai automates your meeting notes, transcribes conversations across several platforms, and provides deep analytics to help your team stay aligned. Now, you can query your entire meeting history and manage your transcription bot directly through natural conversation.
What you can do
- Transcript Retrieval — List recent meetings and fetch detailed summaries, action items, and keywords from any transcript.
- AskFred Integration — Leverage Fireflies' AI assistant (AskFred) to ask questions about your meetings or start new analysis threads.
- Live Bot Control — Invite the Fireflies bot to ongoing meetings (Zoom, Google Meet, etc.) by simply providing the meeting URL.
- Conversation Analytics — Access aggregate metrics like talk-to-listen ratios and words-per-minute to improve team communication.
- User & Team Management — List team members and fetch user-specific meeting metadata.
- Transcript Management — Rename transcripts or delete them to keep your meeting database organized and up to date.
- Real-time Monitoring — See which meetings are currently being recorded and transcribed in real-time.
How it works
1. Subscribe to this server through the Vinkius Marketplace
2. Enter your Fireflies API Key (found in your Integrations > Fireflies API settings)
3. Start managing your meeting intelligence from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client
Who is this for?
- Project Managers — quickly pull action items and summaries from recent project syncs without re-watching recordings.
- Sales Teams — analyze talk-to-listen ratios and sentiment across discovery calls to refine your sales pitch.
- Executive Assistants — automate the organization and renaming of meeting transcripts through simple AI commands.
Built-in capabilities (12)
Invite Fireflies to a live meeting
Ask a question to AskFred
Delete a transcript
Get meeting analytics
Get AskFred thread messages
Get transcript details
Get user details
List meetings currently being recorded
List AskFred threads
List recent transcripts
List team users
Rename a meeting
Why Cline?
Cline operates autonomously inside VS Code. it reads your codebase, plans a strategy, and executes multi-step tasks including Fireflies.ai tool calls without waiting for prompts between steps. Connect 12 tools through Vinkius and Cline can fetch data, generate code, and commit changes in a single autonomous run.
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Cline operates autonomously. it reads your codebase, plans a strategy, and executes multi-step tasks including MCP tool calls without step-by-step prompts
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Runs inside VS Code, so you get MCP tool access alongside your existing extensions, terminal, and version control in a single window
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Cline can create, edit, and delete files based on MCP tool responses, enabling end-to-end automation from data retrieval to code generation
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Transparent execution: every tool call and file change is shown in Cline's activity log for full visibility and approval before committing
Fireflies.ai in Cline
Fireflies.ai and 3,400+ other MCP servers. One platform. One governance layer.
Teams that connect Fireflies.ai to Cline through Vinkius don't need to source, host, or maintain individual MCP servers. Every tool call runs inside a hardened runtime with credential isolation, DLP, and a signed audit chain.
Raw MCP | Vinkius | |
|---|---|---|
| Server catalog | Find and host yourself | 3,400+ managed |
| Infrastructure | Self-hosted | Sandboxed V8 isolates |
| Credential handling | Plaintext in config | Vault + runtime injection |
| Data loss prevention | None | Configurable DLP policies |
| Kill switch | None | Global instant shutdown |
| Financial circuit breakers | None | Per-server limits + alerts |
| Audit trail | None | Ed25519 signed logs |
| SIEM log streaming | None | Splunk, Datadog, Webhook |
| Honeytokens | None | Canary alerts on leak |
| Custom domains | Not applicable | DNS challenge verified |
| GDPR compliance | Manual effort | Automated purge + export |
Why teams choose Vinkius for Fireflies.ai in Cline
The Fireflies.ai MCP Server runs on Vinkius-managed infrastructure inside AWS — a purpose-built runtime with per-request V8 isolates, Ed25519 signed audit chains, and sub-40ms cold starts. All 12 tools execute in hardened sandboxes optimized for native MCP execution.
Your AI agents in Cline only access the data you authorize, with DLP that blocks sensitive information from ever reaching the model, kill switch for instant shutdown, and up to 60% token savings. Enterprise-grade infrastructure, zero maintenance.

* Every MCP server runs on Vinkius-managed infrastructure inside AWS - a purpose-built runtime with per-request V8 isolates, Ed25519 signed audit chains, and sub-40ms cold starts optimized for native MCP execution. See our infrastructure
How Vinkius secures
Fireflies.ai for Cline
Every tool call from Cline to the Fireflies.ai MCP Server is protected by DLP redaction, cryptographic audit chains, V8 sandbox isolation, kill switch, and financial circuit breakers.
Frequently asked questions
How do I invite the Fireflies bot to a meeting using the agent?
You can use the 'add_to_live_meeting' tool. Simply provide the Zoom, Google Meet, or Microsoft Teams URL, and the agent will trigger the bot to join and start transcribing.
Can I ask questions about a specific meeting's content?
Yes! The 'create_ask_fred_thread' tool allows you to send a natural language question to Fireflies' AskFred AI assistant regarding a specific transcript ID.
What kind of analytics can I retrieve?
The 'get_analytics' tool provides aggregate metrics such as average words per minute and talk-to-listen ratios, helping you understand team engagement levels across all meetings.
How does Cline connect to MCP servers?
Cline reads MCP server configurations from its settings panel in VS Code. Add the server URL and Cline discovers all available tools on initialization.
Can Cline run MCP tools without approval?
By default, Cline asks for confirmation before executing tool calls. You can configure auto-approval rules for trusted servers in the settings.
Does Cline support multiple MCP servers at once?
Yes. Configure as many servers as needed. Cline can use tools from different servers within the same autonomous task execution.
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