YouTube Transcript Fetcher

Example Use Cases

• 1

  Quickly obtain accurate transcripts from YouTube videos using official or AI-generated sources.

• 2

  A local, fast transcription service integrated via MCP protocol without relying on external APIs.

• 3

  Search YouTube videos by text query and retrieve their transcripts programmatically.

Description

This MCP server provides a tool to retrieve transcripts from YouTube videos by first attempting to fetch official transcripts and, if unavailable, downloading the audio to generate transcripts locally using OpenAI's Whisper model or whisper.cpp for fast transcription. It is designed as a simple, self-contained tool that integrates easily with any system supporting MCP protocol. The server supports searching for relevant videos by text query and exposes transcription functionality via a lightweight JSON-RPC interface.