YouTube Transcript MCP for Gemini CLI

io.github.youtube-transcript-dev/youtube-transcript-mcp

Fetch YouTube transcripts with timestamps, search history, and export data for AI models.

client:Gemini CLI transport:streamable-http

Install YouTube Transcript MCP in Gemini CLI

~/.gemini/settings.json · windows: %USERPROFILE%\.gemini\settings.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "youtube-transcript-mcp": {
      "httpUrl": "https://mcp.youtubetranscript.dev"
    }
  }
}

Gemini expands $VAR and ${VAR} inside env values, so a secret can live in your shell rather than this file. Gemini CLI docs