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mcp-youtube-transcript

Active·★ 491·MIT·Updated 2026-10-21

This MCP server provides tools to retrieve YouTube video transcripts (plain text or with timestamps) and video metadata. It supports response pagination for long content and proxy configuration for restricted environments. It can be used with Claude Desktop, LM Studio, Goose, and other MCP clients via uvx or Docker.

mcp-youtube-transcript sits in the Voice / Speech category, so it is usually better judged by workflow fit, deployment style, and team needs than by isolated features alone. Based on the available metadata, it leans most clearly toward Fetch plain text transcripts from YouTube videos. A representative use case is Language learning by reading video transcripts. The listed license is MIT. GitHub stars are currently 491. Relevant tags include mcp-server, mcp-servers.

This write-up is based on the project's README and public repository data. We have not hand-tested the tool.

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$ Install
$ uvx --from git+https://github.com/jkawamoto/mcp-youtube-transcript mcp-youtube-transcript
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01

Features

01Fetch plain text transcripts from YouTube videos
02Fetch timed transcripts with timestamps
03Retrieve video metadata (title, description, etc.)
04Support response pagination for long transcripts
05Support proxy configuration for restricted environments
02

Why choose it

+Fetch plain text transcripts from YouTube videos
+Fetch timed transcripts with timestamps
+Language learning by reading video transcripts
+Supports 3 platforms or runtime environments.
03

Trade-offs

!The final decision should still be made through side-by-side comparison with similar tools.
04

Compatibility

Claude Desktop
Claude Desktop
Verified via docs
LM Studio
LM Studio
Verified via docs
Goose
Goose
Verified via docs
05

Quick start

1
$ uvx --from git+https://github.com/jkawamoto/mcp-youtube-transcript mcp-youtube-transcript
06

Use cases

↳Language learning by reading video transcripts
↳Content analysis and summarization of YouTube videos
↳Generating subtitles or captions for videos
07

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MCP server retrieving transcripts of YouTube videos

491MIT
Last commit1d ago
StatusActive
CategoryVoice / Speech
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