TranscriptAPI MCP Server
YouTube transcripts, search, channels and playlists for Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor.
About
TranscriptAPI gives your AI assistant read access to YouTube. Paste a video URL and the model gets the full transcript with timestamps, grouped into 30-second blocks so it stays citable without wasting tokens. Search YouTube, list or search a channel's uploads, pull every video in a playlist, or summarize a video in one call.
Six tools: get_youtube_transcript, search_youtube, get_channel_videos, search_channel_videos, get_playlist_videos, summarize_youtube_video. Every YouTube URL format is accepted (watch, youtu.be, Shorts, live, embed, @handles, channel IDs), so no pre-parsing is needed.
Runs hosted at https://api.transcriptapi.io/mcp over Streamable HTTP, or locally via the transcriptapi-mcp npm package. Authenticate with your API key as a Bearer header, or embed it in the URL for clients that cannot set headers, such as claude.ai and ChatGPT connectors. Fetches go through residential proxies, so transcripts work where direct scraping gets blocked. Sign up at transcriptapi.io for 20 free credits, no card required; failed requests are refunded automatically.
Security Report
Remote MCP endpoint verified (471ms response). Server: transcriptapi. 5 tools available. 1 trust signal: valid MCP protocol. No security issues detected.
5 tools verified · Open access · 1 issue found
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How to Install & Connect
Available as Local & Remote
This plugin can run on your machine or connect to a hosted endpoint. during install.
Getting Started
Once installed, try these example prompts and explore these capabilities:
- 1"Summarize this video: https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ"
- 2"What does Fireship say about Bun in his latest video?"
- 3"Find the three most recent videos on @mkbhd and pull the transcripts"
- 4"Search YouTube for 'fastapi tutorial' and give me the key takeaways from the top result"
- 5"List every video in this playlist and tell me which ones cover pricing"
- 6Tool: get_youtube_transcript: Full transcript with timestamps from any YouTube URL
- 7Tool: search_youtube: Search YouTube for videos by keyword
- 8Tool: get_channel_videos: List a channel's uploads by handle, URL or ID
- 9Tool: search_channel_videos: Search within one channel's uploads
- 10Tool: get_playlist_videos: List every video in a playlist
- 11Tool: summarize_youtube_video: Fetch and summarize a video in one call
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