YouTube Transcript Model Context Protocol server

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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