Update README with new features (MCP API, watch-folder, improved summaries, DOCX styling, cover pages)

README.md

@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ ScrAIbe is a transcription and summarization service that:
 - Provides:
   - A web GUI for uploading audio and receiving transcripts via email.
   - A CLI and Python API for direct integration.
+  - An MCP-style HTTP API (OpenAPI) for LLMs and external systems.
+  - A watch-folder mode for automatic transcription, summarization, and email delivery.
 
 No local speech models or heavy dependencies are required. ScrAIbe is designed as a thin client in front of your own AI services.
 
@@ -24,7 +26,8 @@ For more information: https://apstrom.ca
     - Key decisions and outcomes
     - Action items and responsibilities
     - Open issues and risks
-- Async web GUI:
+  - Improved, configurable summary prompts (via environment or file).
+- Async web GUI (always enabled):
   - Upload audio via browser.
   - Jobs are queued and processed in the background (Celery + Redis).
   - Emails:
@@ -32,13 +35,32 @@ For more information: https://apstrom.ca
     - Final transcript (MD + DOCX + JSON) when ready.
     - Summary as MD + DOCX (if requested).
     - Error notification if processing fails.
+- MCP-style HTTP API (optional):
+  - Exposes an OpenAPI-compliant REST endpoint for external LLMs or services.
+  - Allows:
+    - Audio upload for transcription.
+    - Job status checks.
+    - Retrieval of transcript JSON (no summary).
+  - Enabled via MCP_SERVER_ENABLED=true.
+- Watch-folder mode (optional):
+  - Monitors a directory for audio files.
+  - For each file:
+    - Transcribes and summarizes.
+    - Emails transcript + summary + JSON to a configured address.
+    - Deletes the source file after successful processing (configurable).
+  - Enabled via WATCH_ENABLED=true.
 - File formats:
-  - Transcript: .md and .docx (line-numbered, no cover page)
-  - Summary (if requested): .md and .docx (no line numbering, no cover page)
+  - Transcript:
+    - .md
+    - .docx (line-numbered, 30 lines per page, optional cover page)
+  - Summary (if requested):
+    - .md
+    - .docx (markdown-aware WYSIWYG styling, optional cover page)
   - Full structured output: .json
 - Customizable branding:
   - Web GUI title, logo, and accent color via environment variables.
   - Email logo, accent color, and subject lines via environment variables.
+  - Optional cover pages for transcript and summary DOCX.
 - CLI and Python API:
   - Simple command-line interface.
   - Drop-in Scraibe class for integration into other tools.
@@ -58,7 +80,9 @@ For more information: https://apstrom.ca
     - Chunked summarization
     - Output formatting (e.g., .md with transcript + summary)
   - Runs:
-    - Web GUI (Gradio)
+    - Web GUI (Gradio) – always enabled
+    - MCP-style HTTP API (FastAPI) – optional
+    - Watch-folder mode – optional
     - Celery worker (async processing)
     - Redis (in-container by default)
 
@@ -209,6 +233,33 @@ Accent color (UI and emails):
     - Email headings, links, and email addresses
   - Default: #7C6DA0
 
+MCP-style HTTP API:
+
+- MCP_SERVER_ENABLED:
+  - Enable MCP-style HTTP API (default: false).
+  - Values: true/false.
+- MCP_SERVER_HOST:
+  - Bind address (default: 0.0.0.0).
+- MCP_SERVER_PORT:
+  - Port (default: 8000).
+- MCP_USE_CELERY:
+  - Use Celery for async transcription (default: true).
+  - If false, transcription runs in-process.
+
+Watch-folder mode:
+
+- WATCH_ENABLED:
+  - Enable watch-folder mode (default: false).
+  - Values: true/false.
+- WATCH_DIR:
+  - Directory to monitor for audio files (required if WATCH_ENABLED=true).
+- WATCH_EMAIL_TO:
+  - Email address to send transcript and summary (required if WATCH_ENABLED=true).
+- WATCH_POLL_INTERVAL:
+  - Seconds between scans (default: 10).
+- WATCH_DELETE_ON_SUCCESS:
+  - Delete source file after successful processing (default: true).
+
 Async processing (Celery + Redis):
 
 - CELERY_BROKER_URL:
@@ -253,16 +304,40 @@ Email subject lines (customizable):
   - Subject for error notification email.
   - Default: "ScrAIbe: Error with your transcription request"
 
-Output files (async web GUI):
+Summary prompt customization:
+
+- SUMMARY_PROMPT_CHUNK:
+  - Override prompt used for each transcript chunk.
+- SUMMARY_PROMPT_COMBINED:
+  - Override prompt used for the final combined summary.
+- SUMMARY_PROMPT_FILE:
+  - Path to a file with prompts in sections:
+    - [chunk]
+    - [combined]
+
+DOCX and cover pages:
+
+- COVER_PAGE_ENABLED:
+  - Add a cover page to transcript and summary DOCX files (default: false).
+- COVER_PAGE_ORGANIZATION:
+  - Organization name shown on the cover page.
+- COVER_PAGE_TITLE_PREFIX:
+  - Title prefix (e.g., "TRANSCRIPT" or "SUMMARY").
+- COVER_PAGE_LOGO_URL:
+  - Logo URL to include on the cover page.
+- COVER_PAGE_LOGO_PATH:
+  - Local logo path to include on the cover page.
+
+Output files (async web GUI and watch-folder mode):
 
 When a job completes, the user receives:
 
 - Transcript:
   - .md file
-  - .docx file (line-numbered, no cover page)
+  - .docx file (line-numbered, 30 lines per page, optional cover page)
 - Summary (if requested):
   - .md file
-  - .docx file (no line numbering, no cover page)
+  - .docx file (markdown-aware styling, optional cover page)
 - JSON:
   - Structured transcript with diarization and metadata
 
@@ -280,6 +355,8 @@ Core runtime dependencies:
 - celery[redis]
 - redis
 - python-docx
+- fastapi
+- uvicorn
 - ffmpeg (for audio preprocessing)
 
 No local Whisper, PyTorch, or Pyannote models are required.