# readless-mcp

> Claude Code plugin (MCP server) that speaks status, summaries, and blockers via edge-tts (free, online, bilingual) with optional OpenAI / ElevenLabs / OS-native backends.

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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/readless-mcp/claim

## Declared
- publisher: Justin Wang
- version: 1.1.0
- license: Apache-2.0
- protocols: mcp
- tags: mcp
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:readless-mcp

### Description (declared)

# readless

[English](./README.md) · [中文](./README.zh.md)

Claude Code plugin (MCP-based) that speaks status, summaries, and blocker questions out loud — so you can walk away from a long task and still know what's happening.

Three agent-callable tools:

| Tool | When the agent calls it | Spoken length |
|---|---|---|
| `speak_summary(headline, details="")` | End of every turn, or when a user-visible task finishes | ≤ 50 words |
| `speak_status(message)` | Mid-task heartbeat during work expected to run > 2 min (server throttles to 1/min) | ≤ 10 words |
| `speak_blocker(question)` | Agent is stuck and needs your input. Bypasses quiet hours, interrupts current speech. | ≤ 20 words |

Default TTS backend is **edge-tts** — Microsoft's free online TTS endpoint. **No API key, no signup, no model download**, and the default voice `zh-CN-XiaoxiaoNeural` handles Chinese + English code-switching naturally. Falls back to your OS's built-in voice if the network is unreachable. Optional OpenAI / ElevenLabs backends are available if you want your own voice — keys are entered through a separate CLI so they never touch the Claude conversation.

## Install

You need `uv` ([Astral's Python launcher](https://github.com/astral-sh/uv)) on PATH — that's it. `uv` provisions Python automatically, so you do not need to install Python 3.10+ yourself or manage virtualenvs.

```bash
# 1. Install uv (skip if you already have it)
curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh        # macOS / Linux
# brew install uv                                       # macOS via Homebrew
# irm https://astral.sh/uv/install.ps1 | iex            # Windows PowerShell
```

Then in Claude Code:

```
/plugin marketplace add hwjustin/readless
/plugin install readless
/readless:setup
```

`/readless:setup`:

1. Verifies `uv` is on PATH (re-prompts if not) and pre-warms `uvx --from readless-mcp readless` so the first MCP startup is instant.
2. Asks whether you want the Chinese or English instruction block, then appen…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- media.speech-synthesis (0.791, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/readless-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-10T11:26:10.672Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/readless-mcp/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/readless-mcp · ARD identifier urn:air::server:readless-mcp