How to Record Your Elevator Pitch Using Claude and MCP
To record your elevator pitch with Claude: connect PresenterPrep to Claude via MCP, ask Claude to write your script, open the link it gives you, record yourself saying it, then paste your session ID back to Claude for feedback. The full prep loop takes under ten minutes.
Here’s how to run it.
Set up the MCP connection once
Open Claude Desktop or Claude.ai and add PresenterPrep as an MCP server. The server address is mcp.presenterprep.com/mcp. The first time you connect, Claude walks you through signing into your PresenterPrep account and giving it permission to create sessions and read your recordings.
You do this once. After that, PresenterPrep is available as an MCP tool every time you open Claude.
Write the pitch in Claude
Start a new conversation. Tell Claude what your company does, who the customer is, what problem you’re solving, and what you want the investor to do next. Be specific about format: “30-second elevator pitch for a seed investor,” or “one minute for a YC partner interview.”
Claude writes the script. Not a generic framework. An actual script from what you gave it, in language close to how a person would say it out loud.
Here is the part that is different from drafting in a doc: Claude does not just give you the text. Through the MCP connection, it creates a prep session in PresenterPrep at the same time and sends you a link.
Open the link.
Record yourself saying it
The link takes you to a prep session in PresenterPrep. Your script is on the screen. There is one button: Record.
Tap it. Say the pitch out loud at normal talking speed, the way you would say it across a table. Not at the careful pace you use when reading aloud. At the pace of a real conversation.
When you are done, stop. PresenterPrep saves the take and analyzes your delivery. It pulls a transcript and generates feedback on what you actually said.
You do not need to navigate the app separately, copy-paste the text, or create a session. Claude handled the setup. Your only job on this screen is to say the pitch.
Paste the session ID back to Claude
After the recording is processed, you will see your session ID on the screen. It is a short code. Copy it.
Go back to Claude and paste it in: “Here is my session ID, tell me what to tighten.”
Claude pulls your transcript and compares it against the script it wrote. It sees what you actually said versus what was on the page. It catches the phrases you glossed over, the section that ran 15 seconds longer than it should have, the ask that came out soft because the wording was too hedged. It tells you specifically, not in general terms about pacing or confidence, but about the sentence you replaced and the transition you skipped.
Then it rewrites the script based on what it learned from your recording. You approve the changes or push back on specific parts. Claude updates the prep session with the new text and sends you a fresh link.
Do it again
Record the revised version. Paste the session ID back.
By the second or third recording, something shifts. The language has been shaped by what actually comes out of your mouth, not what looks clean in a doc. The parts that felt awkward the first time are smoother because they were rewritten to match your natural rhythm. The content is tighter because Claude trimmed what you did not actually say.
You are also more comfortable. There is a real difference between a pitch you have said once and a pitch you have said three times while the script was being refined around your delivery. The third version is starting to sound like you, not like the template you started with.
That is the prep doing its job.
What you end up with
After a few rounds, you have two things.
A recording. Not a polished script sitting in a document, but a recording of yourself delivering the tightened version, stored in PresenterPrep. You can share it with investors as a pitch video or keep it as a prep reference. Either way, it is evidence of the work.
And a pitch you have actually said out loud. That is the part most founders skip. They write the pitch, they read it, they adjust the wording until it looks right, and then they say it for the first time in front of a check-writer. This loop changes that. You are saying it and iterating at the same time, before anyone else is in the room.
Who this is for
This works best for elevator pitches and short-form investor intros. Demo day slots, warm intro pitches, YC partner interviews, cold outreach videos. If the format is “say something compelling in 30 to 60 seconds,” this loop fits.
It also works well if you have been refining a pitch in Claude for a while and want to hear what it sounds like out loud. A script that reads well does not always speak well. Running it through this loop surfaces the gap fast.
For a full pitch deck walkthrough, the PresenterPrep voice coach is the right path. You get slides advancing in sync, pushback on your answers in real time, and a takes gallery for reviewing your best run. The Claude loop is specifically for the pitch in words: the 30-second intro, the one-liner, the thing you need to say fluently before the deck is ever relevant.
Both are prep. They just work on different parts of it.
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