How to connect Fireflies to Claude Code

1. 1. Enable Fireflies in Metorial

   In your Metorial portal, enable the Fireflies MCP server and sign in with the account that owns the data. Access stays governed by your team policies.

2. 2. Add the server over HTTP

   Add --scope user to use it in every project.

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   claude mcp add --transport http metorial <your-magic-mcp-url>

3. 3. Sign in

   Run /mcp, select Metorial and sign in to load Fireflies tools.

• Delete Transcript: Permanently delete a meeting transcript.
• Revoke Meeting Access: Revoke a user's access to a previously shared meeting transcript.
• Upload Audio: Upload an audio or video file for transcription by providing a publicly accessible HTTPS URL or a URL that Fireflies can download with bearer token or basic auth.
• Add Bot to Live Meeting: Add the Fireflies.ai bot to an ongoing live meeting for automatic recording and transcription.
• Ask Fred: Ask AskFred (Fireflies' AI assistant) a question about your meetings.
• List Channels: Retrieve all channels accessible to the authenticated user.
• Share Meeting: Share a meeting transcript with other users via email.
• Create Soundbite: Create a soundbite (short clip) from a completed meeting recording.
• Continue AskFred Thread: Ask a follow-up question in an existing AskFred conversation thread.
• Get User: Retrieve information about a specific user or the authenticated user.
• List Team Members: Retrieve all team members with their profile information including name, email, role, connected integrations, transcript count, minutes consumed, calendar sync status, and user gr…
• Update Transcript: Update properties of a meeting transcript.
• Get AI App Results: Retrieve results generated by AI Apps installed in your Fireflies workspace.
• Set User Role: Update a team member's role.
• List Transcripts: Search and list meeting transcripts with filtering options.
• And 17 more on the Fireflies MCP server page.

• Fireflies tools appear as mcp__metorial__<tool>. Use that name in permission rules to allow or deny a tool.
• Run /mcp to see whether Metorial is connected and to sign in again.
• Claude Code warns when a tool result passes 10,000 tokens and caps it at 25,000 by default. Raise the cap with MAX_MCP_OUTPUT_TOKENS.
• Pre-approve trusted Fireflies tools with allow rules in your settings so Claude Code stops asking each time.

claude mcp list shows "Needs authentication"

Run /mcp, select Metorial, and sign in. If sign-in keeps failing, choose Clear authentication in the same menu and sign in again.

A teammate sees "Pending approval"

Servers shared through a project .mcp.json need approval. Run claude in the project and approve Metorial when asked.

Large tool results are cut off

Claude Code limits MCP tool output to 25,000 tokens by default. Raise it with the MAX_MCP_OUTPUT_TOKENS environment variable.

Based on the Claude Code MCP documentation.