YouTube Transcript Downloader for VS Code

com.youtubetranscriptdownload/transcripts

Clean YouTube transcripts for agents: single videos, channels, playlists, plus AI caption cleanup.

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Install YouTube Transcript Downloader in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "transcripts": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://youtubetranscriptdownload.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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