Cline TranscriptAPI — YouTube transcripts (transcriptapi.io) get_youtube_transcript
How to: Cline TranscriptAPI — YouTube transcripts (transcriptapi.io) get_youtube_transcript
Add TranscriptAPI — YouTube transcripts (transcriptapi.io) to Cline
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Open ~/Library/Application Support/Code/User/globalStorage/saoudrizwan.claude-dev/settings/cline_mcp_settings.json and merge this in. Keep any servers already there.
{
"mcpServers": {
"youtube-transcript": {
"url": "https://api.transcriptapi.io/mcp"
}
}
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Save the file and restart Cline.
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Ask for something get_youtube_transcript does. Cline lists the server's tools on connect and calls get_youtube_transcript 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.
Cline's MCP Servers pane edits this file for you if you would rather not find it. Cline docs
Set these first
TranscriptAPI — YouTube transcripts (transcriptapi.io) will not start until these are set, so get_youtube_transcript never becomes available.
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TRANSCRIPTAPI_KEY
Same tool, other clients
This list was read from the server itself, by connecting to it and calling tools/list on 5 November 2026. It is what
the server actually exposes, not what its listing claims.
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