Grok TranscriptAPI — YouTube transcripts (transcriptapi.io) get_channel_videos
How to: Grok TranscriptAPI — YouTube transcripts (transcriptapi.io) get_channel_videos
Add TranscriptAPI — YouTube transcripts (transcriptapi.io) to Grok
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Open .mcp.json (in your project root) and merge this in. Keep any servers already there.
{
"mcpServers": {
"youtube-transcript": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://api.transcriptapi.io/mcp"
}
}
}-
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Save the file and restart Grok.
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Ask for something get_channel_videos does. Grok lists the server's tools on connect and calls get_channel_videos itself — you do not invoke it by name.
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If nothing happens, check the server is running and that TranscriptAPI — YouTube transcripts (transcriptapi.io)'s identifier in your config matches the one above exactly.
Grok Build reads Claude Code's .mcp.json and Claude Desktop's config unchanged, so a server you have already set up there needs nothing new. The Grok web app and X integration do not take custom servers. Grok docs
Set these first
TranscriptAPI — YouTube transcripts (transcriptapi.io) will not start until these are set, so get_channel_videos never becomes available.
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TRANSCRIPTAPI_KEY
Same tool, other clients
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