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TranscriptAPI — YouTube transcripts (transcriptapi.io)

YouTube transcripts, search, channels and playlists for AI agents, by transcriptapi.io.

Connector by transcriptapi.ioOfficial · Domain verified by the MCP Registry

IndexedLicense unknownLocal (stdio)Remote (HTTP)
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Install

Works with Claude Code, VS Code, Codex, Cursor, Windsurf, Claude Desktop. Read the repository before you give any tool access to your data.

npx agentmarket install connector/transcriptapi-io-youtube-transcript

Asks which of your tools to add it to (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, Gemini CLI, Claude Desktop) and shows the change first. See https://agentmart.dev/cli.

Remote endpoint

  • https://api.transcriptapi.io/mcp Remote (HTTP)

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YouTube transcripts, search, channels and playlists for AI agents, by transcriptapi.io.

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Permissions

What this server can do and what it asks for, from its tool list and install config. Checked Oct 25, 2026.

Tools
5 read · 0 write · 0 deleteRead-only
Secrets
2 (API keys, tokens or passwords)
Install scripts
None found
Runs as
Node.js package

Tools by what they do 5

From the running server's own tool list (tools/list) on Oct 25, 2026.

Read 5 · Look things up without changing anything.

  • get_channel_videos
  • get_playlist_videos
  • get_youtube_transcript
  • search_channel_videos
  • search_youtube

Secrets and settings it asks for

Secrets: values you paste in that let it act as you.

  • Authorization
  • TRANSCRIPTAPI_KEY

Network hosts it talks to 1

  • api.transcriptapi.io · found in remote endpoint, install command

Tools (5)

As the server listed them on Oct 25, 2026. Descriptions are the server’s own words; hidden characters are shown as [U+…].

  • get_channel_videosList a channel's videosread-only

    List the most recent uploads of a YouTube channel, newest first. Accepts a channel id (UC…), a handle (@name) or a channel URL. Returns ids, titles, durations, view counts and publish dates.

  • get_playlist_videosList a playlist's videosread-only

    List the videos in a YouTube playlist, in playlist order. Accepts a playlist URL (anything with list=…) or the playlist id. Returns ids and titles for get_youtube_transcript.

  • get_youtube_transcriptGet YouTube transcriptread-only

    Fetch the transcript (captions/subtitles) of a YouTube video as text. Accepts a watch URL, youtu.be link, Shorts link or bare 11-character video id. Returns the spoken text with timestamps grouped in ~30 s blocks by default; format 'text' is prose without timestamps, 'srt'/'vtt' are subtitle files, 'json' is raw segments with start/duration. Works with creator-uploaded and auto-generated captions. translate_to translates the transcript with AI (extra credits, scales with length) — omit unless asked.

  • search_channel_videosSearch within a channelread-only

    Search for videos inside one YouTube channel by keyword — 'find the video where <channel> talks about <topic>'. Accepts a channel id, @handle or channel URL.

  • search_youtubeSearch YouTuberead-only

    Search YouTube for videos by keyword. Returns video ids, titles, channel names, durations and view counts. Use a returned id with get_youtube_transcript to read it.

Signals

Last release
Oct 17, 2026 (11 days ago)

Details

Registry name
io.transcriptapi/youtube-transcript
Version
0.1.1
Auth
Bearer token, API key
Packages
npm transcriptapi-mcp
License
License unknown
Website
transcriptapi.io/mcp
First seen
Oct 24, 2026
Last checked
Oct 24, 2026
Source
Official MCP Registry
Cite this page

TranscriptAPI — YouTube transcripts (transcriptapi.io) MCP server. Agent Mart. https://agentmart.dev/connectors/transcriptapi-io-youtube-transcript (last updated 2026-10-24)