get_transcript — YouTube Transcript Downloader MCP Tool Read-only
get_transcript
(get transcript) is one of 4 tools on the
YouTube Transcript Downloader
MCP server. Connect the server and your client discovers it on the handshake.
by client
How to call get_transcript from your client
- Claude Code YouTube Transcript Downloader get_transcript run in your project directory
- Claude Desktop YouTube Transcript Downloader get_transcript ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
- Cursor YouTube Transcript Downloader get_transcript ~/.cursor/mcp.json
- VS Code YouTube Transcript Downloader get_transcript .vscode/mcp.json
- Zed YouTube Transcript Downloader get_transcript ~/.config/zed/settings.json
- Windsurf YouTube Transcript Downloader get_transcript ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json
- Cline YouTube Transcript Downloader get_transcript ~/Library/Application Support/Code/User/globalStorage/saoudrizwan.claude-dev/settings/cline_mcp_settings.json
- Gemini CLI YouTube Transcript Downloader get_transcript ~/.gemini/settings.json
- Grok YouTube Transcript Downloader get_transcript .mcp.json (in your project root)
- ChatGPT YouTube Transcript Downloader get_transcript Settings → Connectors → Advanced → Developer mode
- Claude.ai YouTube Transcript Downloader get_transcript Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector
- LangChain YouTube Transcript Downloader get_transcript pip install langchain-mcp-adapters
Fastest route
claude mcp add --transport http transcripts https://youtubetranscriptdownload.com/api/mcpOther tools on this server
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