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MCP YouTube Transcript

sinco-lab/mcp-youtube-transcript

A TypeScript Model Context Protocol server that retrieves YouTube transcripts for Claude Desktop, Cursor, Cline, Codex, and other MCP-compatible clients. It is designed for local npx usage so transcript requests are made from your own machine instead of a remote proxy.

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Install

npx -y @sinco-lab/mcp-youtube-transcript

Client configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "youtube-transcript": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@sinco-lab/mcp-youtube-transcript"
      ]
    }
  }
}
GitHub stars
13
Author
@sinco-lab
Category
Research & Data, Education & Learning
License
MIT
Updated
Oct 6, 2026

Features

  • Extract transcripts from YouTube videos

  • Support for multiple languages

  • Android InnerTube fallback for current YouTube caption responses

  • Compatible tool names: get_transcripts and get_transcript

  • Timestamped transcript output with get_timed_transcript

  • Video metadata and available transcript languages

  • Format text with continuous or paragraph mode

  • Retrieve video titles and metadata

  • Automatic paragraph segmentation

  • Text normalization and HTML entity decoding

Tools (5)

  • get_transcripts

    Fetches transcript text from a YouTube video.

  • get_transcript

    Alias of get_transcripts for compatibility with other YouTube transcript MCP servers.

  • get_timed_transcript

    Fetches transcript text with one timestamped line per caption segment.

  • get_video_info

    Fetches basic video metadata and available transcript languages without returning the full transcript.

  • get_available_languages

    Lists available transcript languages for a YouTube video.

Details on this page are taken from the project's README. Open README

Supported clients

Clients mentioned in this server's README:

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Claude Desktop logo

Claude Desktop

Desktop · Freemium · Proprietary

Anthropic's official Claude AI desktop application. Supports MCP servers to extend functionality.

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Cline

Desktop · Free · MIT

An AI coding assistant integrated into the IDE. Supports MCP servers for enhanced functionality.

WindowsMacOSLinux
Cursor logo

Cursor

Desktop · Freemium · Proprietary

The first agentic IDE. The Cursor editor truly merges how developers and AI work together, delivering a magical coding experience.

WindowsMacOSLinux

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