YouTube Transcript Scraper (Apify) MCP server
online · 100% uptimeYouTube transcripts with timestamps, SRT/VTT and translation. No YouTube login. From $4/1k
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Public scan report
scanner v0.1.10 · 2026-10-26 · same rubric, same numbers if you re-run it
- –Code scanremote-only server, no package to scann/a
- Live reliabilityremote reachable in 289ms (auth required)20/20
- –Tool poisoningtools not inspected (endpoint requires auth); not countedn/a
- Auth qualityOAuth resource metadata advertised on 40115/15
- Maintenancelast push 6 days ago15/15
- Maintainer identityregistry namespace matches repository owner; GitHub account older than a year8/10
How YouTube Transcript Scraper (Apify) compares
Against every graded Scraping and browsing MCP server, from our own scans and uptime checks. Updated after each scan run.
- Safety score
- 97/100
- higher than 96% of 866 Scraping and browsing servers
- Uptime
- 100%
- of our recent checks; the typical remote Scraping and browsing server answers 100%
- Response time
- 29 ms
- faster than 90% of 384 Scraping and browsing servers
Install YouTube Transcript Scraper (Apify) in Claude Code, Cursor or VS Code
claude mcp add --transport http youtube-transcript-scraper https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=harshmaur/youtube-transcript-scraper
What the publisher says
From the YouTube Transcript Scraper (Apify) repository's README, as published. We do not edit it. Read it on GitHub
YouTube Transcript Scraper — agent skill and hosted MCP
Bring YouTube captions into research, notes and video summaries with the YouTube Transcript Scraper Apify Actor. Supply videos, channels or playlists and receive transcript text, timestamped segments, SRT or VTT, alongside video and channel metadata. Translation is optional.
A YouTube account is unnecessary. An Apify account pays for successful transcripts; videos without available captions do not incur a transcript charge.
Add the hosted tool
https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=harshmaur/youtube-transcript-scraperAuthenticate with an Apify sign-in in your MCP client or a Bearer token from Apify Integrations.
For Claude Code:
claude mcp add --transport http youtube-transcripts https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=harshmaur/youtube-transcript-scraperAdd the skill
/plugin install apify-youtube-transcript-scraper --marketplace harshmaur/apify-youtube-transcript-scraperThe same skill works with other agents that support skill packages:
npx skills add https://github.com/harshmaur/apify-youtube-transcript-scraperRead the skill guide for input choices, transcript formats, language options, cost estimates and reporting missing captions.
Useful requests
- Summarize a video and link each quotation to its timestamp.
- Export captions from a playlist as SRT subtitles.
- Collect recent channel transcripts for notes or a searchable text collection.
- Translate available captions for a multilingual research project.
This Actor returns captions and metadata. It does not download audio or video, search YouTube by keyword, or create speech-to-text for a video without captions. Auto-generated captions can contain transcription mistakes.
Transcript pricing
On Apify's Free plan, 1,000 successful transcripts cost $5. Paid-plan rates are $4.00 to $4.67 per 1,000. The default maxVideos is 50 per channel or playlist; explicitly supplied video links are all included.
The hosted tool is published as io.github.harshmaur/youtube-transcript-scraper in the official MCP Registry.
For product questions, use the Actor Issues page.
The repo author builds this paid Actor. There are no affiliate links. The skill text and configuration are MIT licensed.
Nothing above is checked by us. What we check is on the safety report.
YouTube Transcript Scraper (Apify): common questions
- Is YouTube Transcript Scraper (Apify) MCP server safe?
- Yes, by our scan: it is graded A (97/100). Read the YouTube Transcript Scraper (Apify) safety report
- How do I install YouTube Transcript Scraper (Apify)?
- It runs remotely at mcp.apify.com. Add it to Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code or Claude Desktop with the snippets above, or call it through the mcp.market gateway without installing anything.
- Does YouTube Transcript Scraper (Apify) need an API key?
- No key to paste: it signs you in with OAuth when your client connects.
- Is YouTube Transcript Scraper (Apify) maintained?
- The last commit was 14 days ago (2026-10-21). The latest release is v1.0.0.
- Is YouTube Transcript Scraper (Apify) up?
- 100% of our last 28 checks got an answer. We check remote servers about four times a day.
- What can I use instead of YouTube Transcript Scraper (Apify)?
- Servers from other publishers that do the same job: Unbrowse MCP server, CRW Web Scraper MCP server and CRW Web Scraper MCP server.
- How does YouTube Transcript Scraper (Apify) compare with other Scraping and browsing MCP servers?
- safety score 97/100 (higher than 96% of 866 Scraping and browsing servers); uptime 100% (of our recent checks; the typical remote Scraping and browsing server answers 100%); response time 29 ms (faster than 90% of 384 Scraping and browsing servers). Full comparison.
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