---
title: Connect Telereader over MCP
description: Add the hosted Telereader MCP connector to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, VS Code, and other MCP clients, then just ask it to read text aloud.
category: api
order: 3
last_verified_at: 2026-06-22
status: published
---

# Connect Telereader over MCP

Telereader runs a hosted **MCP server**, so any AI assistant that speaks the
[Model Context Protocol](https://modelcontextprotocol.io) can read text aloud for
you. Add it once, approve a one-time sign-in, and it exposes a single tool —
**`generate_audiobook`** — that takes text and returns an openable reader URL.

- **Server URL:** `https://telereader.ai/api/mcp`
- **Transport:** Streamable HTTP
- **Auth:** OAuth — you approve once in the browser; there are no API keys to paste.

Pick your client.

## Claude (claude.ai and desktop)

Custom connectors are available on Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise.

1. **Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector.**
2. Name it `Telereader`, set the URL to `https://telereader.ai/api/mcp`, and add it.
3. Click **Connect** and approve the Telereader sign-in in your browser.

Then turn it on in a chat and ask it to read something.

## ChatGPT

Custom MCP connectors are available on Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise, and Edu.

1. **Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced**, and enable **Developer mode**.
2. **Create** a connector, paste `https://telereader.ai/api/mcp`, and approve the
   sign-in.

## Claude Code

```
claude mcp add --transport http telereader https://telereader.ai/api/mcp
```

Then run `/mcp` and approve in the browser. (Prefer a skill in Claude Code? See
[Use Telereader from an agent](/docs/api/agents).)

## Cursor

`.cursor/mcp.json`:

```json
{ "mcpServers": { "telereader": { "url": "https://telereader.ai/api/mcp" } } }
```

## VS Code (Copilot)

`.vscode/mcp.json`:

```json
{ "servers": { "telereader": { "type": "http", "url": "https://telereader.ai/api/mcp" } } }
```

## Windsurf

`mcp_config.json` (note the key is `serverUrl`):

```json
{ "mcpServers": { "telereader": { "serverUrl": "https://telereader.ai/api/mcp" } } }
```

## Cline, Goose, and other MCP clients

Add `https://telereader.ai/api/mcp` as a **remote / Streamable HTTP** server and
approve the OAuth prompt. For a client that only speaks **stdio** MCP, bridge to
the hosted server with:

```
npx -y mcp-remote https://telereader.ai/api/mcp
```

## Then just ask

> Read this aloud with Telereader.

The `generate_audiobook` tool returns a **readUrl** — open it and the reading
plays, words highlighting in sync. A free account is never paywalled; it gets a
URL that generates the audio in the browser.

Prefer a skill or raw HTTP? See [Use Telereader from an agent](/docs/api/agents)
and [Read text from the command line](/docs/api/quickstart).