search_youtube — TranscriptAPI — YouTube transcripts (transcriptapi.io) MCP Tool Read-only
search_youtube
(search youtube) is one of 5 tools on the
TranscriptAPI — YouTube transcripts (transcriptapi.io)
MCP server. Connect the server and your client discovers it on the handshake.
by client
How to call search_youtube from your client
- Claude Code TranscriptAPI — YouTube transcripts (transcriptapi.io) search_youtube run in your project directory
- Claude Desktop TranscriptAPI — YouTube transcripts (transcriptapi.io) search_youtube ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
- Cursor TranscriptAPI — YouTube transcripts (transcriptapi.io) search_youtube ~/.cursor/mcp.json
- VS Code TranscriptAPI — YouTube transcripts (transcriptapi.io) search_youtube .vscode/mcp.json
- Zed TranscriptAPI — YouTube transcripts (transcriptapi.io) search_youtube ~/.config/zed/settings.json
- Windsurf TranscriptAPI — YouTube transcripts (transcriptapi.io) search_youtube ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json
- Cline TranscriptAPI — YouTube transcripts (transcriptapi.io) search_youtube ~/Library/Application Support/Code/User/globalStorage/saoudrizwan.claude-dev/settings/cline_mcp_settings.json
- Gemini CLI TranscriptAPI — YouTube transcripts (transcriptapi.io) search_youtube ~/.gemini/settings.json
- Grok TranscriptAPI — YouTube transcripts (transcriptapi.io) search_youtube .mcp.json (in your project root)
- ChatGPT TranscriptAPI — YouTube transcripts (transcriptapi.io) search_youtube Settings → Connectors → Advanced → Developer mode
- Claude.ai TranscriptAPI — YouTube transcripts (transcriptapi.io) search_youtube Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector
- LangChain TranscriptAPI — YouTube transcripts (transcriptapi.io) search_youtube pip install langchain-mcp-adapters
Fastest route
claude mcp add --transport http youtube-transcript https://api.transcriptapi.io/mcpOther tools on this server
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