YouTube Transcript
Fetch transcripts and metadata for any YouTube video.
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Retrieve captions, translated subtitles, chapter markers, and video metadata for public YouTube videos without needing an API key. Great for summarization pipelines, research agents, and building "chat with a video" experiences. Handles auto-generated and manual captions in over 100 languages.
Example tools
Illustrative tool names — the actual tool set is defined by the server at runtime.
create_task
Create a new task
list_tasks
List tasks with filters
update_task
Update fields of an existing task
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Install YouTube Transcript
Claude Desktop
Add this to claude_desktop_config.json.
{
"mcpServers": {
"youtube-transcript": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@modelcontextprotocol/server-youtube-transcript"
]
}
}
}Cursor
Add this to ~/.cursor/mcp.json.
{
"mcpServers": {
"youtube-transcript": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@modelcontextprotocol/server-youtube-transcript"
]
}
}
}VS Code
Add this to your workspace settings.json.
{
"mcp.servers": {
"youtube-transcript": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@modelcontextprotocol/server-youtube-transcript"
]
}
}
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