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TranscriptAPI: YouTube Transcript and Search MCP server

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TranscriptAPI.com: hosted YouTube transcripts, search, channels and playlists for AI agents

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How TranscriptAPI: YouTube Transcript and Search MCP compares

Against every graded Web search MCP server, from our own scans and uptime checks. Updated after each scan run.

Safety score
93/100
higher than 95% of 3,471 Web search servers
Uptime
100%
of our recent checks; the typical remote Web search server answers 100%
Response time
71 ms
faster than 91% of 2,238 Web search servers
GitHub stars
10
more than 85% of 1,788 Web search servers

Release history: 2 versions in the registry since 2026-05-20, latest 2026-11-05, typically one every 169 days.

Install TranscriptAPI: YouTube Transcript and Search MCP in Claude Code, Cursor or VS Code

claude mcp add --transport http youtube-transcript-and-youtube-search https://transcriptapi.com/mcp
Add to Cursor

What the publisher says

From the TranscriptAPI: YouTube Transcript and Search MCP repository's README, as published. We do not edit it. Read it on GitHub

<!-- mcp-name: com.transcriptapi/youtube-transcript-and-youtube-search -->

YouTube Transcript + YouTube Search MCP for AI Agents

The fastest YouTube transcript + YouTube search MCP for AI agents. Try for free. 12 tools: transcripts, video &amp; channel metadata, video search, channel browsing, in-channel search, playlist extraction, and new-upload polling, for Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, VS Code, Claude Code, and 20+ clients.

Powering 15M+ transcripts every month · 500K+ transcripts processed daily · 49ms median response time

Trusted in production by youtubetotranscript.com (~11M/mo) and recapio.com (~2.8M/mo).

Why TranscriptAPI MCP

Most YouTube MCP servers do one thing: pull a single transcript. TranscriptAPI MCP is a full toolkit: transcripts, video search, channel search, channel browsing, playlist extraction, and free RSS-based upload tracking, all from one remote endpoint, all designed for AI agents.

Quick taste:

Find @NASA's three most-viewed videos about the Moon landing,
get the transcript of each, and write a 5-bullet comparison.

That single prompt uses 3 of our 12 tools (searchyoutube, searchchannelvideos, getyoutube_transcript) without you writing a line of code.

🧩 Install as an Agent Plugin · easiest

Shortened. The full README is on GitHub.

Nothing above is checked by us. What we check is on the safety report.

TranscriptAPI: YouTube Transcript and Search MCP: common questions

Is TranscriptAPI: YouTube Transcript and Search MCP server safe?
Yes, by our scan: it is graded A (93/100). Read the TranscriptAPI: YouTube Transcript and Search MCP safety report
How do I install TranscriptAPI: YouTube Transcript and Search MCP?
It runs remotely at transcriptapi.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 TranscriptAPI: YouTube Transcript and Search MCP need an API key?
Not as far as the registry entry and our scan can tell: no credentials are declared or required.
Is TranscriptAPI: YouTube Transcript and Search MCP maintained?
The last commit was 45 days ago (2026-09-21). The latest release is v1.0.1.
Is TranscriptAPI: YouTube Transcript and Search MCP 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 TranscriptAPI: YouTube Transcript and Search MCP?
Servers from other publishers that do the same job: searxNcrawl MCP server, screenpipe MCP server and DocsMint MCP server.
How does TranscriptAPI: YouTube Transcript and Search MCP compare with other Web search MCP servers?
safety score 93/100 (higher than 95% of 3,471 Web search servers); uptime 100% (of our recent checks; the typical remote Web search server answers 100%); response time 71 ms (faster than 91% of 2,238 Web search servers). Full comparison.

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