What tools does the youtube-transcript MCP server provide?

youtube-transcript exposes 1 tools: get_youtube_transcript. This list was returned by the running server when we connected to it.

Does youtube-transcript require an API key?

No. youtube-transcript answered a tools/list request without credentials.

How do I install youtube-transcript?

Run: claude mcp add --transport http youtube-transcript https://youtube-transcript.ai/mcp. One-click install links for Cursor and VS Code are also available on the server's page.

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youtube-transcript

Fetch the full transcript of any YouTube video as clean text. No API key, no signup.

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Install

Remote (HTTP)

claude mcp add --transport http youtube-transcript https://youtube-transcript.ai/mcp

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Tools & capabilities

1 tool

Read from the running server on 20h ago.

get_youtube_transcript langvideo*

Fetch the full text transcript of a YouTube video. Accepts a YouTube URL (watch, youtu.be, shorts, embed) or a bare 11-character video ID, and returns the transcript as plain text…