YouTube Transcript AI MCP server

• find_in_transcriptFree

  Find where a video talks about something. Give one or more keywords and get back only the matching passages, each with a timestamp and a link that opens the video at that moment. Far cheaper than reading the whole transcript when you are looking for specific points. Matching is a case-insensitive text match, so try synonyms and spelling variants (auto-captions often mis-hear names).

• get_account_statusFree

  Show the plan of the API key on this connection (Free or Pro), the daily request quota, how many requests were used today, how many remain, when the quota resets, and the per-call limits of the tools. Free: it does not use any quota. Call it before a large job to check the quota is enough.

• get_spoken_contextFree

  Read what was said around a moment in a video: the sentences before and after a timestamp. Use it after search_spoken_words to see what a matching sentence was part of, before you quote or rely on it. Works for videos in the library only.

• get_transcripts_batchFree

  Read the transcripts of several videos in one call (up to 5), each cut to a length you choose, so you can skim a set of search results without filling your context. Each video counts as one request against your daily quota. For the rest of a long video use find_in_transcript or get_youtube_transcript.

• get_video_commentsFree

  Fetch the top comments of a YouTube video (YouTube's "top" ordering, replies not included), with like counts. Comments are where viewers report what worked for them, which makes them useful for checking claims made in the video.

• get_youtube_transcriptFree

  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 with title and metadata. Optionally pass a BCP-47 language code to select a specific caption track. Very long transcripts (multi-hour videos) come back in parts of up to 120,000 characters: when there is more, the result ends with a note giving the offset to pass on the next call.

• list_channel_videosFree

  List the latest videos of a YouTube channel or playlist, with view count and duration. Use it to follow a creator who looks credible, or to cover a playlist. Returns at most 50 videos per call; to go further, call again with offset set to the number of videos already read (the result ends with the offset to use). Reaches up to the first 500 videos.

• rank_channels_by_topicFree

  Find which channels talk about something the most, ranked by mentions, with how many of their videos mention it. Use it to find who covers a topic: creators to follow, experts, or partners. Same library, caption quirks and dates as search_spoken_words.

• rank_videos_by_topicFree

  Find the videos that talk about something the most, ranked by how many sentences mention it. Better than searching titles when you want the videos that really go deep on a topic. Each result has the number of mentions, the first mention and a link. Read the best ones with get_youtube_transcript or find_in_transcript. Same library, caption quirks and dates as search_spoken_words.

• search_spoken_wordsFree

  Search what people actually say inside YouTube videos. Full-text search over about 100 million spoken sentences from about 425,000 English-language videos (the ones users looked up on youtube-transcript.ai), with typically 1 to 8 million new sentences added every day. Returns matching sentences, each with the video, channel and a link that opens the video at that moment. Use it to find evidence and quotes, to see how people talk about a topic, product or phrase, or to find which videos mention something. Captions are auto-generated and often mis-hear names (for example "Claude Code" is often written "cloud code"), so pass likely mis-hearings in also_match. The library is a sample of YouTube, not all of it. Dates are the day we captured the captions, not the day the video was published.

• search_youtube_videosFree

  Search YouTube and return matching videos with channel, view count and duration. Use it first when researching a topic: run several differently-worded queries (and in more than one language), then read the best hits with get_youtube_transcript, find_in_transcript or get_transcripts_batch. Optional filters on views and length.

• spoken_mentions_over_timeFree

  Count how often something is mentioned over time, by day, week or month. Each period shows the mentions and the rate per million spoken sentences, so busy and quiet periods compare fairly. Use it to see whether a topic is rising or fading. The date is when we captured the captions, not when the video was published, and the first day (2026-09-13) holds a one-off backfill of earlier captions, so compare the rate, not the raw count, and be careful with that first period.

• –Code scanremote-only server, no package to scann/a
• Live reliabilityremote reachable in 693ms20/20
• Tool poisoning12 tool descriptions checked15/15
• Auth qualityAPI key sent as a header8/15
• Maintenancelast push 18 days ago15/15
• Maintainer identityendpoint served from the registry-verified namespace domain8/10

Safety score

88/100

higher than 80% of 3,470 Web search servers

Tools

12

the typical Web search server has 5

Tools that change things

0%

typical: 0%. Fewer write tools means less an agent can break

Uptime

100%

of our recent checks; the typical remote Web search server answers 100%

Response time

236 ms

faster than 61% of 2,238 Web search servers

Grade history

• 2026-10-31restoreB → Ascore 88

YouTube Transcript AI: common questions

Is YouTube Transcript AI MCP server safe?

Yes, by our scan: it is graded A (88/100). Read the YouTube Transcript AI safety report

How do I install YouTube Transcript AI?

It runs remotely at youtube-transcript.ai. 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 AI need an API key?

Yes. The registry entry asks for Authorization.

Is YouTube Transcript AI maintained?

The last commit was 21 days ago (2026-10-14). The latest release is v1.3.0.

Is YouTube Transcript AI 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 AI?

Servers from other publishers that do the same job: Free Search MCP server, screenpipe MCP server and Brave Search MCP server.

How does YouTube Transcript AI compare with other Web search MCP servers?

safety score 88/100 (higher than 80% of 3,470 Web search servers); tools 12 (the typical Web search server has 5); tools that change things 0% (typical: 0%. Fewer write tools means less an agent can break). Full comparison.