# tts-mcp

> Profile-driven MCP server for Google Cloud Text-to-Speech

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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/tts-mcp/claim

## Declared
- publisher: Lucas Braga
- homepage: https://github.com/that-lucas/tts-mcp
- repository: https://github.com/that-lucas/tts-mcp
- version: 0.1.4
- protocols: mcp
- tags: google-cloud, mcp, model-context-protocol, text-to-speech, tts
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:tts-mcp

### Description (declared)

# tts-mcp

Profile-driven MCP server for **Google Cloud Text-to-Speech**: define one profile per app/client so each tool always speaks with the right voice and settings.

Exposes three tools to any MCP client:

- **`tts_speak`** — synthesize text to audio and auto-play it
- **`tts_doctor`** — run diagnostics on auth, profile, and playback
- **`tts_stop`** — stop any currently playing audio

Voice, language, model, and format are locked per profile — the LLM can only control text content, speaking rate, and pitch.

## Install

```bash
pip install tts-mcp
```

Or with [uvx](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/) (no install needed):

```bash
uvx tts-mcp --help
```

## Prerequisites

- Python 3.11+
- A [Google Cloud project](https://console.cloud.google.com/freetrial) with the **Cloud Text-to-Speech API** enabled
- Google offers a generous free tier — up to **4 million characters/month** for Standard and WaveNet voices, and **1 million characters/month** for Neural2, Polyglot, Chirp 3: HD, and Studio voices, more than enough for most individual use. See [TTS pricing](https://cloud.google.com/text-to-speech/pricing) for details.
- [Google Cloud CLI](https://cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/install) (`gcloud`) for authentication
- macOS uses `afplay` for playback by default (configurable via profile)

## Setup

### 1. Authenticate with Google Cloud

```bash
gcloud auth application-default login
gcloud auth application-default set-quota-project YOUR_PROJECT_ID
```

This stores credentials at `~/.config/gcloud/application_default_credentials.json`, which the TTS client discovers automatically. No environment variables needed.

### 2. Create a profiles file

```bash
tts-mcp --init
```

This creates a starter config at `~/.config/tts-mcp/profiles.json` with example profiles for every Google TTS voice tier. Edit it to pick your voice, format, and playback settings.

The server finds the profiles file automatically — no `--profiles` flag needed for the common case. The search order is:

1. `--…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- media.speech-synthesis (1, declared)
- infra.cloud (1, derived)
- security.identity (0.825, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/tts-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-10T14:23:26.837Z)

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