YouTube Transcript + YouTube Search MCP

Connect Remote server

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

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

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

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URL: https://getyoutubetranscript.com/api/mcp

Tools 13 found in our last check

• get_youtube_transcript

  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 time…

• get_transcript_languages

  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)…

• search_youtube

  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 upl…

• get_channel_latest_videos

  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…

• search_channel_videos

  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…

• list_channel_videos

  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 (defaul…

• list_channel_playlists

  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.…

• list_channel_posts

  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 nex…

• get_related_videos

  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 f…

• get_channel_banner

  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;…

• get_video_dislikes

  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.

• list_playlist_videos

  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 previ…

• get_credits

  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.

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