MCP server

YouTube Transcript + YouTube Search MCP

com.getyoutubetranscript/youtube-transcript-and-youtube-search

Checked 28 Oct 2026, 09:03 UTC · Connected to it and listed its tools

YouTube transcripts, search, channel browsing, and playlists for AI agents via MCP.

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At a glance

Type

MCP server

Publisher

getyoutubetranscript.com (verified by the MCP Registry)

Status

Working at last check

Tools

13

Token cost

About 2,855 tokens per request

Sets up in

Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, VS Code, Antigravity, ChatGPT, OpenAI API, Grok

Last checked

28 Oct 2026, 09:03 UTC

Connect it to your agent

Add to CursorAdd to VS CodeVS Code Insiders

Opens the app, which shows the server and asks you to confirm. For other apps, copy the setup below.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http youtube-transcript-and-youtube-search https://getyoutubetranscript.com/api/mcp

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, and paste the URL.

Codex (config.toml)

[mcp_servers.youtube-transcript-and-youtube-search]
url = "https://getyoutubetranscript.com/api/mcp"

Gemini CLI

{"mcpServers":{"youtube-transcript-and-youtube-search":{"httpUrl":"https://getyoutubetranscript.com/api/mcp"}}}

Cursor

{"mcpServers":{"youtube-transcript-and-youtube-search":{"url":"https://getyoutubetranscript.com/api/mcp"}}}

VS Code

{"servers":{"youtube-transcript-and-youtube-search":{"type":"http","url":"https://getyoutubetranscript.com/api/mcp"}}}

Antigravity

agy mcp add youtube-transcript-and-youtube-search https://getyoutubetranscript.com/api/mcp

ChatGPT

Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced settings: turn on Developer mode, then Create a connector and paste the URL. Which plans can do this varies.

OpenAI API (Responses tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"youtube-transcript-and-youtube-search","server_url":"https://getyoutubetranscript.com/api/mcp","require_approval":"always"}

Grok (xAI API tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"youtube-transcript-and-youtube-search","server_url":"https://getyoutubetranscript.com/api/mcp"}

Tools

• get_channel_banner ~166 tokens
  Use this when the user wants a YouTube channel's banner or profile picture, for example to download the artwork or check how a channel presents itself. Accepts an @handle, channel URL, or UC... ID. Returns the uncropped banner URL, every crop size YouTube serves, and the avatar; has_banner is false
• get_channel_latest_videos ~171 tokens
  Use this when the user asks what a YouTube channel has posted recently, or wants a channel's details (name, handle, description, subscribers) with its 15 newest uploads. Accepts an @handle, channel URL, or UC... ID. For a channel's full upload history use list_channel_videos; to find a topic inside
• get_credits ~109 tokens
  Use this when the user asks how many credits their getyoutubetranscript.com account has left, or after another tool reports the account has no credits remaining. Returns plan and top-up credit balances. Calling it does not use credits.
• get_related_videos ~164 tokens
  Use this when the user wants videos similar to one they shared, or asks 'what else should I watch' after a video. Returns the videos YouTube suggests next to it, each with title, video ID, link, channel, views, age and length. Pass a result's video ID to get_youtube_transcript for what it says.
• get_transcript_languages ~236 tokens
  Use this when the user asks which caption or subtitle languages a YouTube video has, or before requesting a transcript in a non-English language when you don't know whether the video offers it. Returns each language with its code (pass it as `language` to get_youtube_transcript), whether it is creat
• get_video_dislikes ~157 tokens
  Use this when the user asks how many dislikes a YouTube video has, or how well liked it is. YouTube no longer publishes dislikes, so this returns estimates from Return YouTube Dislike: likes, dislikes, a star rating and the view count. Say that the numbers are estimates.
• get_youtube_transcript ~452 tokens
  Use this when the user shares a YouTube video link or ID, or asks to summarize, explain, quote, translate, take notes on, or chat about a specific YouTube video, lecture, podcast, or talk. Returns the full spoken text (captions) as one block, plus the title and channel. Set timestamps to true when t
• list_channel_playlists ~208 tokens
  Use this when the user wants to see the playlists a YouTube channel has published, for example a creator's course series or show seasons. Returns each playlist's id, title, link and video count, one page at a time. Pass a playlist's id to list_playlist_videos to see its videos. Pass `continuation` f
• list_channel_posts ~191 tokens
  Use this when the user wants a YouTube channel's community posts: announcements, polls and updates a creator posts outside of videos. Returns each post's text, links, likes, comments and attached image, one page at a time. Pass `continuation` from a previous response for the next page.
• list_channel_videos ~311 tokens
  Use this when the user wants to browse a YouTube channel's uploads beyond its latest videos, for example to see a creator's older episodes, its most popular videos, its Shorts, or its past live streams. Returns the channel's uploads one page at a time. `tab` picks Videos (default), Shorts or Live; `
• list_playlist_videos ~194 tokens
  Use this when the user shares a YouTube playlist, or wants to work through a course, lecture series, or podcast playlist video by video (for example to build study notes for each lecture). Returns the videos in playlist order, one page at a time. Pass `continuation` from a previous response for the
• search_channel_videos ~226 tokens
  Use this when the user wants videos from one specific YouTube channel about a topic, for example 'what has @hubermanlab said about sleep' or 'find the MIT OpenCourseWare videos on recursion'. Searches only inside that channel. Pass `continuation` from a previous response for the next page.
• search_youtube ~270 tokens
  Use this when the user wants to find YouTube videos or channels on a topic, for example 'find lectures on linear algebra' or 'popular videos about the Apollo missions', before reading or comparing them. Returns each result's title, video ID, link, channel, views, length, and upload date. Pass `conti

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