YouTube Transcript Server

MCPOpen SourceMIT71.4

by kimtaeyoon83 • Search & Retrieval

An MCP server that retrieves captions and subtitles from YouTube videos (by URL or ID) with language support and metadata.

Example Use Cases

1
Fetch full transcripts of YouTube videos for summarization, note-taking, or content ingestion.
2
Perform semantic search or question-answering over video content by obtaining language-specific subtitles.
3
Automate extraction of video captions across multiple URL formats and return structured metadata for downstream processing.

Description

This Model Context Protocol (MCP) server extracts transcripts from YouTube videos and returns detailed metadata, supporting multiple URL formats and language-specific retrieval. It integrates with tools like Claude Desktop via Smithery and can be installed with npx. The server includes robust error handling for invalid URLs, unavailable transcripts, network issues, and supports timeouts for reliability.

Capabilities(1 total)

Tools (1)

get_transcript

Extract transcript from a YouTube video URL or ID

url:string*lang:string*

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Security

Scanned 3 month(s) ago

Risk Level

MINIMAL

Read-only data retrieval, no side effects

Trust Score

C54/100

5/17 checks passed

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Quick Stats

Service TypeMCP

Pricing ModelFree

Capabilities1 Tools / 0 Prompts / 0 Resources

Ownerkimtaeyoon83

CategorySearch & Retrieval

DependenciesStandalone

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