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TranscriptAPI — YouTube transcripts (transcriptapi.io) MCP

v0.1.1

io.transcriptapi/youtube-transcript

YouTube transcripts, search, channels and playlists for AI agents, by transcriptapi.io.

transport:streamable-http runtime:npm tools:5
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Target client

run in your project directory 

claude mcp add --transport http youtube-transcript https://api.transcriptapi.io/mcp

setup guides: Claude Code Claude Desktop Cursor VS Code Zed Windsurf Cline Gemini CLI Grok ChatGPT Claude.ai LangChain

Adds it for this project only. Append --scope user to make it available everywhere. Claude Code docs

get_youtube_transcript Read-only

get youtube transcript

search_youtube Read-only

search youtube

get_channel_videos Read-only

get channel videos

search_channel_videos Read-only

search channel videos

get_playlist_videos Read-only

get playlist videos

All 5 tools, one page each

1 prompt you invoke yourself

Mutating and Read-only are read off each tool's name, not its schema — a hint, not a guarantee. Check the server's own documentation before granting access.