YouTube Transcript AI for VS Code

ai.youtube-transcript/youtube-transcript

Fetch the full transcript of any YouTube video as clean text. No API key, no signup.

client:VS Code transport:streamable-http tools:1

Install YouTube Transcript AI in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "youtube-transcript": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://youtube-transcript.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Requires agent mode. MCP: Open User Configuration puts the same block in every workspace. VS Code docs