Zoom MCP: The Official Server and What It Reads
Zoom's official MCP server gives Claude, ChatGPT, and other MCP tools access to meeting summaries, transcripts, and notes. How to set it up, and its limits.
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Zoom's official MCP server gives Claude, ChatGPT, and other MCP tools access to meeting summaries, transcripts, and notes. How to set it up, and its limits.
Loom is async screen-recorded video you send as a link; Zoom is live real-time meetings. Here's which one to pick in 2026.
How many people can join a Zoom meeting: 100 on Basic and Pro, 300 on Business, 500 on Enterprise, and up to 1,000 with the Large Meeting add-on.
Google Meet runs in the browser and lives inside Google Workspace; Zoom is a standalone app with deeper meeting features. Here's when each one wins in 2026.
Teams is a full collaboration suite bundled with Microsoft 365; Zoom is a meeting-first tool with best-in-class video. Here's when to pick each in 2026.
How long a Zoom meeting can run on free and paid plans — the 40-minute cap on Basic accounts, the 30-hour paid limit, and how to get around it.
Make someone else the host on Zoom, assign a co-host, reclaim host, leave a meeting without ending it, and set an alternative host in advance — on desktop and mobile.
Add or change a Zoom virtual background — blur it, use a built-in image, upload your own, or set a video background — on desktop and mobile, even without a green screen.
Change your display name on Zoom before or during a meeting, on desktop, mobile, or the web — including how to add pronouns and what to do when renaming is locked by the host.
Pin a participant's video on Zoom so they stay on your screen, pin multiple people, and use Spotlight to pin a speaker for everyone — on desktop and mobile, plus why pin is greyed out.
Raise your hand in a Zoom meeting on desktop, mobile, or by phone using the Reactions menu and keyboard shortcut — plus how the host sees raised hands and lowers them.
Record a Zoom meeting to your computer or the cloud — as a host or a participant. Where the files save, how to grant recording permission, and how to record when it's greyed out.
Schedule a Zoom meeting from the desktop app, web portal, or your calendar — set the time, passcode, waiting room, and recurring options, then send the invite so everyone gets the link.
Share your screen on Zoom from desktop or mobile — a single window, your whole screen, a whiteboard, or just audio. How to share with sound, give others control, and fix 'screen share blocked'.
Turn your camera off on Zoom before or during a meeting, always join with video off, mute audio and video together, and fix a camera that won't turn back on — on desktop and mobile.
Update the Zoom app to the latest version on Windows, Mac, iPhone, and Android — check your current version, update manually, enable automatic updates, and fix updates that won't install.
Create and manage Zoom breakout rooms — split participants automatically or manually, let people self-select, broadcast a message to all rooms, and bring everyone back to the main session.
Step-by-step instructions for installing and using the Zoom for Outlook add-in to schedule Zoom meetings directly from Outlook calendar — covering classic, new Outlook, web, and mobile.
Step-by-step guide to installing the Zoom add-on for Google Calendar, auto-generating meeting links, and setting Zoom as your default conferencing option.