YouTube Transcript Downloader for Zed

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 Zed

~/.config/zed/settings.json · windows: %APPDATA%\Zed\settings.json

{
  "context_servers": {
    "transcripts": {
      "url": "https://youtubetranscriptdownload.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Merge this into your existing settings object — do not replace the file. Zed docs