How to Connect tl;dv to Claude (and What It Can't Do)
tl;dv leaned into the AI-agent world earlier and harder than most meeting recorders, and it shows: of all the tools in this series, it has the smoothest path into Claude. There are two official routes. As of mid-2026, a tl;dv connector appears in Claude’s connector directory, so many users can enable it without touching any infrastructure. And for teams who prefer to run their own, tl;dv publishes an open-source MCP server — announced on the tl;dv blog — that was among the first to cover Google Meet, Zoom, and Microsoft Teams recordings in one place.
Route 1: the directory connector
Open Claude’s connector directory, find tl;dv, enable it, and authorize your account. That’s it — you’re querying your meeting library from chat. Note the standing constraints on Claude’s side: remote connectors sit behind Claude’s paid plans, and a connector only does anything inside a conversation you’ve opened.
Route 2: the official open-source server
The tldv-public/tldv-mcp-server repo runs via Node or Docker and talks to the tl;dv API with your key (generated under tl;dv’s personal settings). Mind the plan gate on tl;dv’s side: API access requires a tl;dv Business or Enterprise account — the free tier records meetings but doesn’t open the API. The server exposes four operations that turn out to cover most of what you’d want:
- List meetings — filter by keyword, date range, whether you attended, and meeting type
- Get meeting metadata — details for one recording
- Get transcript — the full transcript, consistently formatted across Meet, Zoom, and Teams
- Get highlights — tl;dv’s AI-generated highlights for any recording
What querying your meeting library feels like
Where this integration earns its keep is across recordings, not within one — tl;dv already summarizes single meetings fine on its own. Claude adds the multi-meeting reasoning layer:
- “Find every call in June where pricing came up and pull the highlights into one objection list.”
- “Get the transcript from this morning’s Northwind demo and draft my follow-up email around what their CTO pushed back on.”
- “Compare my last five discovery calls — what questions am I consistently forgetting to ask?”
That last kind of prompt — a synthesized report over weeks of recordings — is the thing neither tl;dv’s per-meeting summaries nor a bare chat window gives you.
The ceiling: your library can’t tap Claude on the shoulder
Both routes share the same boundary, and it’s Claude’s, not tl;dv’s. A connector acts only when you’re present and prompting. The moment a client call wraps and the recording hits your tl;dv library is precisely when the recap should go to the account team, the objections should land in the CRM, and the action items should become tasks — and precisely when no one is in a Claude chat typing “go check tl;dv.” A new recording appearing cannot start a conversation, schedule anything, or send anything. Every insight Claude produces stays in the chat until you manually carry it somewhere.
Carly: the recap sends itself
Carly picks up at that exact seam. It’s an AI executive assistant whose workflows begin with a trigger — a call being recorded, a meeting ending, a weekly review schedule — and execute in the cloud without you.
Set it up by saying what you want: “when a tl;dv client call is recorded, email the summary and action items to the account team and add the tasks to Asana.” Carly asks a few questions (which calls count as client calls? who’s the account team?) and builds the workflow with you. From then on it pulls the transcript and highlights, writes the recap, actually sends the email (Gmail and Outlook, attachments included), posts highlights to Slack, updates the CRM, and files the tasks in Asana, Linear, or ClickUp. AI agents start at $35/month; workflow steps that don’t use AI run free and unlimited. Details on the tl;dv integration page, alongside 200+ other integrations.
Where each one stops
| Claude + tl;dv | Carly | |
|---|---|---|
| Pull transcripts and highlights on request | Yes (directory connector or official server) | Yes |
| Multi-meeting reports (“all June pricing calls”) | Yes, prompted | Yes, on a schedule |
| Notices a new recording landed | No | Yes |
| Emails the recap to the account team unprompted | No | Yes (Gmail + Outlook) |
| Logs call notes to the CRM automatically | No | Yes |
| Requirements | Paid Claude plan; API route also needs tl;dv Business+ | Guided setup, from $35/mo |
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Claude integrate with tl;dv?
Yes, twice over: a tl;dv connector is listed in Claude’s connector directory as of mid-2026, and tl;dv also maintains an official open-source MCP server on GitHub for teams who want to self-host. Either way you’re on a paid Claude plan, and it works inside chats you start.
Do I need a paid tl;dv plan?
For the self-hosted MCP server, yes — API keys require tl;dv Business or Enterprise; the free tier doesn’t include API access. Check the directory connector’s auth screen for what your plan allows.
Which meeting platforms does it cover?
Google Meet, Zoom, and Microsoft Teams — the three platforms tl;dv records — with transcripts formatted consistently across all three, which matters when you ask Claude for cross-platform reports.
Can Claude email my call recap automatically when the recording is ready?
No. A finished recording can’t trigger a Claude conversation, and connectors don’t act outside one. Automatic recaps, CRM updates, and task creation on every new recording is what Carly does — its AI agents start at $35/month.
What’s actually worth asking Claude once it’s connected?
Cross-meeting synthesis. Single-meeting summaries are tl;dv’s native job; Claude’s edge is “compare objections across my last five sales calls” or “build a weekly digest of every customer mention of the new pricing” — prompted analysis your recorder can’t do alone.
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