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YouTube Transcript MCP Server

Extract and search YouTube video transcripts from AI agents.

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A Model Context Protocol server for YouTube transcripts. Enables AI agents to retrieve video transcripts, search within video content, and extract information from YouTube videos.

Supports transcript extraction for any public YouTube video with captions, including auto-generated subtitles. Provides timestamped text for precise reference.

Install

npx -y mcp-youtube-transcript

MCP Client Config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "youtube-transcript": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-youtube-transcript"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Capabilities

Tools

get_transcriptsearch_transcript

Compatible With

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Metrics

290

GitHub Stars

8,200

Installs

640

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