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youtube transcripts for Claude Desktop

io.github.fetchworks-dev/youtube-transcripts

YouTube transcripts for AI agents: videos, channels, playlists, search. Timestamps, SRT, VTT.

client:Claude Desktop transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install youtube transcripts in Claude Desktop

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json · windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "youtube-transcripts": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "fetchworks-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "APIFY_TOKEN": "<APIFY_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Settings → Developer → Edit Config opens this file. Restart the app after saving. Claude Desktop docs

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