Youtube Transcript MCP server

YouTube Transcript MCP Server

This MCP server retrieves transcripts for given YouTube video URLs.

Tools

This MCP server provides the following tools:

get_transcript

Fetches the transcript of a specified YouTube video.

Parameters

• url (string): The full URL of the YouTube video. This field is required.
• lang (string, optional): The desired language for the transcript. Defaults to en if not specified.
• nextcursor (string, optional)*: Cursor to retrieve the next page of the transcript.

gettimedtranscript

Fetches the transcript of a specified YouTube video with timestamps.

Parameters

• url (string): The full URL of the YouTube video. This field is required.
• lang (string, optional): The desired language for the transcript. Defaults to en if not specified.
• nextcursor (string, optional)*: Cursor to retrieve the next page of the transcript.

getvideoinfo

Fetches the metadata of a specified YouTube video.

Parameters

• url (string): The full URL of the YouTube video. This field is required.

getavailablelanguages

Retrieves the available languages for the video.

Parameters

• url (string): The full URL of the YouTube video. This field is required.

Installation

[!NOTE]

You'll need uv installed on your system to use uvx command.

For goose

Please refer to this tutorial for detailed installation instructions: YouTube Transcript Extension.

For Claude

Download the latest MCP bundle mcp-youtube-transcript.mcpb from the Releases page, then open the downloaded .mcpb file or drag it into the Claude Desktop's Settings window.

Manually configuration

You can also manually configure this server for Claude Desktop. Edit the claudedesktopconfig.json file by adding the following entry under mcpServers:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "youtube-transcript": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "--from",
        "git+https://github.com/jkawamoto/mcp-youtube-transcript",
        "mcp-youtube-transcript"
      ]
    }
  }
}

After editing, restart the application.

For more information, see: Connect to local MCP servers - Model Context Protocol..

For LM Studio

To configure this server for LM Studio, click the button below.

Using Docker

Shortened. The full README is on GitHub.