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YouTube Transcript + YouTube Search MCP

MCP serverVerified domain · getyoutubetranscript.comRemote● LiveAPI key needed

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

Install

Remote server: your requests and data go to getyoutubetranscript.com. Claude Code: claude mcp add --transport http youtube-transcript-youtube-search-mcp https://getyoutubetranscript.com/api/mcp · Claude app: Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector.

What it can do

The tools this server listed when we connected to it, in its own words.

  • 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 sp
  • 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 lang
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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,
  • 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. Re
  • 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. Return
  • 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
  • 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 prese
  • 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 re
  • 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
  • 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

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