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title: "Upload and Analyze Media"
description: "Upload and transcribe media from a URL: a direct/public file URL, OR a shareable social/video link (YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, X, Facebook, Reddit, SoundCloud, and similar), which Speak resolves to the underlying media automatically."
---

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# Upload and Analyze Media

Use the Speak AI MCP server tool `upload_and_analyze` to upload and transcribe media
from a URL: a direct/public file URL, OR a shareable social/video link (YouTube,
Instagram, TikTok, X, Facebook, Reddit, SoundCloud, and similar), which Speak
resolves to the underlying media automatically.

## What does it do?

Upload and transcribe media from a URL: a direct/public file URL, OR a shareable
social/video link (YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, X, Facebook, Reddit, SoundCloud, and
similar), which Speak resolves to the underlying media automatically. Returns
media_id immediately; after this returns, poll `get_media_status` until state is
'processed' (typically 1-3 min for under 60min audio), then call
`get_media_insights` for AI summaries. This async pattern is required for remote MCP
transports: long blocking calls die at proxy idle timeouts. (Vimeo links are not yet
supported.)

## Parameters

`upload_and_analyze` takes 6 parameters, 1 of them required.

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `url` | string | Yes | Direct/public media file URL, or a shareable social/video page link (e.g. an Instagram reel, TikTok, YouTube, or X post URL): page links are resolved to the underlying media server-side. Pass the URL the user gave you as-is. |
| `name` | string | No | Display name for the media (defaults to filename from URL) |
| `mediaType` | enum | No | Media type (default: audio) |
| `sourceLanguage` | string | No | BCP-47 language code (e.g., 'en-US', 'he-IL') |
| `folderId` | string | No | Folder ID to place the media in |
| `tags` | string | No | Comma-separated tags |

## Behaviour

The Speak AI MCP server publishes these behaviour hints for `upload_and_analyze`.

- Can change data in your workspace.
- Does not delete or overwrite existing data.
- Repeating an identical call can have an extra effect.
- Can reach systems outside Speak AI.

## Related

- [Media library](/mcp/tools/media/) lists the rest of the Media library category.
- [Tool reference](/mcp/tools/) lists every Speak AI MCP server tool.
- [MCP server](/mcp/) covers setup, supported clients, and what agents can do once
  connected.

Source: https://docs.speakai.co/mcp/tools/media/upload_and_analyze/index.mdx