Descript

Claude MCP servers are tools that Claude can call during a conversation to read data and take actions in outside services. Public registries now contain thousands of them. Most roundups still rank familiar names by popularity. This one looks at ten by usefulness: what each server exposes, what job it is suited for, and where its documented capabilities stop. Search for the best MCP servers for Claude, and a pattern emerges pretty quickly. You find a list. Then another list.

MCP connectors are integrations built on the Model Context Protocol that enable an AI assistant to read data and take actions both within and outside services during a conversation. The protocol is shared so that the same connector can work across Claude, ChatGPT, and other assistants. Connector refers to the packaged, few-click version listed in an assistant's directory. Search for the best MCP connectors, and something funny happens.

Claude connectors are integrations built on the Model Context Protocol that let Claude read from and act inside the apps you already use. Most connector lists cover documents and project tools. This one covers the connectors that support audio and video for teams whose files are recordings rather than text. Turn on a handful of Claude connectors, and Claude gets very good at finding a document, checking your calendar, or digging through Slack. That is useful.

ChatGPT connectors let ChatGPT access the apps you already use, pulling files and taking actions within a conversation. Most recommended connectors are built for documents and knowledge work. For social teams, though, the job often starts with a recording and ends with a week of posts. Many connector roundups assume the finished product is a document.

When we started, we didn’t have a useful public API at all, so the obvious move was to expose a few endpoints for our popular features: one to remove filler words, one to add captions, one to apply Studio Sound, and so on. We almost did that. But instead, we decided to consolidate the core of our API on a single agentic endpoint: Underlord, the editing agent inside Descript. There were practical reasons to start here.

Fix Your Words The take was almost perfect. The delivery was smooth, the energy was good — except for that one key phrase you stumbled over. You can’t cut it, and re-recording would be a nightmare. Regenerate solves it almost instantly. Select the words you want to change in the script, type what you want to say instead, and Descript synthesizes the replacement in your own voice, seamlessly blending the tone to what you said before and after. Nobody will ever know you flubbed it.

Use the Descript MCP to control Descript from an AI assistant like Claude or ChatGPT, or a custom MCP connector. Describe what you want in plain language, no code required. If you're looking to automate Descript with code, Zapier, or the command line, see the Descript API overview instead. This article covers: What is an MCP? Before you connect Known limitations What is an MCP? MCP stands for Model Context Protocol.

If you've opened CapCut recently you’ve probably noticed that auto captions, the feature that made CapCut the default for quick social videos, is no longer free. It now requires a Pro subscription. The change happened as part of CapCut's 2025 pricing restructure, which moved auto captions, 4K export, and watermark-free output behind a paid tier.

The short answer as to why we went with this campaign: it made us laugh. But here’s the longer answer. On its face, our ad campaign might feel alienating. The art direction is intentionally dystopian — Orwellian imagery, over-the-top copy that’s meant to tip into satire.

What creative-workflow problems do you want to solve? Check all that apply.