Frenchie
Give your agent OCR, audio/video transcription to Markdown, file extraction, and image generation through one Frenchie API-backed MCP.
Overview
Frenchie MCP is a MCP server for the Build phase that exposes OCR, transcription-to-Markdown, file extraction, and image generation for AI agents via the Frenchie API.
What is this MCP server?
- OCR and document/file extraction tools for agent pipelines
- transcribe_to_markdown with optional X-Frenchie-Default-Language header (ISO 639-1)
- Image generation tools via Frenchie API
- Dual access: streamable-HTTP remote at mcp.getfrenchie.dev or npx `@lab94/frenchie@0.5.0 mcp`
- Bearer `fr_...` API key required (Authorization / FRENCHIE_API_KEY)
- MCP server version 0.5.0
- npm package @lab94/frenchie@0.5.0
- Hosted remote: mcp.getfrenchie.dev (streamable-http)
What problem does it solve?
Your agent product needs documents, audio, and images processed in-chat, but stitching OCR, STT, parsers, and image APIs slows solo shipping.
Who is it for?
Indie builders adding multimodal ingestion or lightweight media generation to agents and content tools during implementation.
Skip if: Teams that cannot send user files to a third-party API, need fully offline OCR/STT, or want a single free unlimited media stack.
What do I get? / Deliverables
After you add the remote or npx MCP with a Frenchie API key, your agent can extract text, transcribe media to Markdown, and generate images inside the same tool surface.
- Markdown transcripts from audio/video in agent workflows
- Extracted text and structured content from uploaded files
- Generated images returned through MCP tool calls
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Journey fit
Multimodal ingestion and generation plug directly into product and agent implementation on Skillselion’s Build phase. Integrations is the shelf because Frenchie is an external API bridge (hosted remote or npx stdio), not a ship-time test harness or launch playbook.
How it compares
Multimodal Frenchie API MCP bridge, not a local-only Chroma memory or finance research server.
Common Questions / FAQ
Who is Frenchie MCP for?
Solo developers shipping agent features that must read documents, transcribe audio or video to Markdown, extract files, or generate images from prompts.
When should I use Frenchie MCP?
Use it in Build when you are integrating real user uploads or media workflows and want MCP tools instead of custom REST clients in every agent turn.
How do I add Frenchie MCP to my agent?
Either configure the remote `https://mcp.getfrenchie.dev` with `Authorization: Bearer fr_...` (optional `X-Frenchie-Default-Language`), or run `npx -y @lab94/frenchie@0.5.0 mcp` with `FRENCHIE_API_KEY` set, then register the server in your MCP client.