“It used to take us, you know, hours to go back and look through meeting notes and now we can get Claude to do it in, you know, seconds”
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John Coombe
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Search years of meeting notes and this week's podcasts in seconds, inside Claude
Verbatim Team, from The Art of Service, costs USD 299 a month for 5 seats and includes an MCP connection. With it, Claude or another AI client that accepts a remote MCP server searches what operators said on 900+ podcasts, in the same conversation where your team already works with its own notes. Every answer carries the speaker, show, date and a link that plays from the second, so analysts keep their own judgement and can check every line.
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This is for research desks that
- Spend hours digging back through old meeting notes.
- Use an AI that has no idea what was said this week.
- Get summaries back with no source attached.
- Need to put their own view on output they can check.
Framework
The Living Archive Spine
It shows one question drawing on two archives at once, your own notes and this week's podcast moments, and returning a sourced answer.
How do you connect Verbatim to Claude in 5 steps?
- Start Verbatim Team. USD 299 a month covers 5 seats.
- Create an API key. The Team owner makes one on the account page; keys start with vb_.
- Add the server. In your AI client, add the remote MCP server https://verbatim.theartofservice.com/mcp with the header Authorization: Bearer and your key.
- Ask a question. The client calls tools such as search_quotes and search_moments for you.
- Check the source. Every result carries a listen link that plays from the second it was said.
The full guide, with the tool list, is on the MCP page.
What stays yours, and what Verbatim adds?
Your meeting notes stay where they are: in your AI client's projects, files or your own connectors. Verbatim does not read them or store them. What Verbatim adds is the outside archive: what founders, investors and operators said on 900+ business and technology podcasts, searched by meaning and returned with a named speaker and a timestamp. The two meet in the same conversation, which is where the hours-to-seconds saving comes from. Analysts still put their own stamp on it, because every line can be played and checked.
Frequently asked questions
How do I search meeting notes with Claude?
Put the notes where Claude can read them, such as a project or a connector you already use, then ask in plain words. To search what operators said on podcasts in the same conversation, add Verbatim Team's MCP server. Verbatim Team costs USD 299 a month for 5 seats and returns every answer with its source.
Can Claude read podcast transcripts?
Through Verbatim it can search short, attributed moments from 900+ business and technology podcasts rather than whole transcripts. Verbatim Team's MCP connection gives Claude tools to search quotes and moments, and each result carries the speaker, show, date and a link that plays from the second it was said.
What is an MCP server for research?
MCP is an open way for an AI client to call outside tools. Verbatim's MCP server, included in Verbatim Team, lets a client such as Claude search the podcast library, pull topic briefs and run client-pack reports, with every result sourced. You add the server address and your vb_ key once.
How do analysts keep their own view when using AI?
By working from sources they can check rather than paraphrase. Every answer from Verbatim Team links to the moment it came from, so an analyst can play it, judge it and write their own conclusion. Verbatim gives the evidence; the view stays the analyst's.
Is there a source link for every answer?
Yes. Every quote Verbatim returns, in search, alerts, the REST API or MCP, carries the speaker, the show, the date and a listen link that plays from the second it was said. If a link is broken or an attribution is wrong, Verbatim treats it as a defect and fixes it.
How much does Verbatim Team cost?
Verbatim Team is USD 299 a month for 5 seats, or USD 3,588 a year billed once. It includes the REST API, MCP, shared watchlists of up to 100 terms and the full archive search. Cancel any time; access continues to the end of the paid period. More than 5 seats goes through the enterprise page.
Put this week's evidence next to your notes
USD 299 a month for 5 seats, MCP included, cancel any time.
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