Karadeo — Agent & AI Integration Guide
Karadeo is a karaoke and lyrics tooling platform. This document describes all available APIs, tools, and agent integration surfaces.
Authentication
All API endpoints require a Bearer API key from https://karadeo.com/dashboard.
Authorization: Bearer kd_<your-api-key>
MCP Server
Karadeo exposes a full MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for AI agent tool use.
Endpoint: POST https://karadeo.com/api/mcp
Transport: Streamable HTTP (JSON-RPC 2.0)
Discovery: https://karadeo.com/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json
Initialize
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"initialize","params":{}}
List Tools
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/list","params":{}}
Call Tool
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": 3,
"method": "tools/call",
"params": {
"name": "transcribe",
"arguments": {
"audio_url": "https://example.com/song.mp3",
"format": "lrc"
}
}
}
REST API
Transcribe
Convert audio or video to time-synced lyrics or subtitle files.
Endpoint: POST https://karadeo.com/api/transcribe
Docs: https://karadeo.com/resources/karadeo-lyrics-api
OpenAPI: https://karadeo.com/api/doc
Request body (JSON):
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
fileUrl | string | yes | Publicly accessible audio/video URL |
format | string | no | lrc, srt, ass, webvtt, ttml, txt (default: lrc) |
transcriptText | string | no | Known lyrics to align instead of auto-transcribing |
isWordLevel | boolean | no | Word-level timing (default: false) |
Example:
curl -X POST https://karadeo.com/api/transcribe \
-H "Authorization: Bearer kd_your_key" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"fileUrl":"https://example.com/song.mp3","format":"lrc"}'
Response: Plain text subtitle file with appropriate Content-Type header.
WebMCP (Browser)
Karadeo registers browser tools via navigator.modelContext.registerTool() on every page load.
Available tools:
list-karaoke-tools— list all Karadeo tools with URLsnavigate-to-tool— navigate to a specific tool pagelist-karaoke-templates— list available karaoke video templates
Discovery Endpoints
| Endpoint | Description |
|---|---|
/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json | Agent Skills Discovery index (RFC v0.2.0) |
/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json | MCP Server Card (SEP-1649) |
/.well-known/api-catalog | API Catalog (RFC 9727) |
/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server | OAuth discovery metadata (RFC 8414) |
Content Policy
Content-Signal: ai-train=no, search=yes, ai-input=no
AI agents may read this site for tool use. Training on site content is not permitted.