YouTube Transcript▌
by mybuddymichael
Easily fetch and analyze YouTube transcripts by video URL or ID. Use our YouTube transcript tool for fast content analys
Fetches and analyzes YouTube video transcripts by accepting URLs or video IDs and returning formatted transcript data with timestamps for video content analysis without watching.
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best for
- / Content creators analyzing video scripts
- / Researchers studying video content
- / Students extracting lecture notes
- / Content writers repurposing video material
capabilities
- / Extract transcripts from YouTube videos
- / Select transcript language
- / Format text with paragraph breaks
- / Retrieve video titles and metadata
- / Decode HTML entities and normalize text
what it does
Extracts transcripts from YouTube videos with language selection and formatting options. Provides video metadata and automatic paragraph segmentation for content analysis.
about
YouTube Transcript is a community-built MCP server published by mybuddymichael that provides AI assistants with tools and capabilities via the Model Context Protocol. Easily fetch and analyze YouTube transcripts by video URL or ID. Use our YouTube transcript tool for fast content analys It is categorized under search web, other.
how to install
You can install YouTube Transcript in your AI client of choice. Use the install panel on this page to get one-click setup for Cursor, Claude Desktop, VS Code, and other MCP-compatible clients. This server runs locally on your machine via the stdio transport.
license
MIT
YouTube Transcript is released under the MIT license. This is a permissive open-source license, meaning you can freely use, modify, and distribute the software.
readme
README content is unavailable from source data for this server.
Open GitHub repositoryFAQ
- What is the YouTube Transcript MCP server?
- YouTube Transcript is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server profile on explainx.ai. MCP lets AI hosts (e.g. Claude Desktop, Cursor) call tools and resources through a standard interface; this page summarizes categories, install hints, and community ratings.
- How do MCP servers relate to agent skills?
- Skills are reusable instruction packages (often SKILL.md); MCP servers expose live capabilities. Teams frequently combine both—skills for workflows, MCP for APIs and data. See explainx.ai/skills and explainx.ai/mcp-servers for parallel directories.
- How are reviews shown for YouTube Transcript?
- This profile displays 46 aggregated ratings (sample rows for discoverability plus signed-in user reviews). Average score is about 4.5 out of 5—verify behavior in your own environment before production use.
Discussion
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Ratings
4.5★★★★★46 reviews- ★★★★★Camila Brown· Dec 24, 2024
YouTube Transcript is a well-scoped MCP server in the explainx.ai directory — install snippets and categories matched our Claude Code setup.
- ★★★★★Kiara Flores· Dec 24, 2024
We wired YouTube Transcript into a staging workspace; the listing’s GitHub and npm pointers saved time versus hunting across READMEs.
- ★★★★★Henry Anderson· Dec 8, 2024
YouTube Transcript has been reliable for tool-calling workflows; the MCP profile page is a good permalink for internal docs.
- ★★★★★Pratham Ware· Dec 4, 2024
I recommend YouTube Transcript for teams standardizing on MCP; the explainx.ai page compares cleanly with sibling servers.
- ★★★★★Kiara Torres· Nov 27, 2024
YouTube Transcript reduced integration guesswork — categories and install configs on the listing matched the upstream repo.
- ★★★★★Sakshi Patil· Nov 23, 2024
Strong directory entry: YouTube Transcript surfaces stars and publisher context so we could sanity-check maintenance before adopting.
- ★★★★★Camila Desai· Nov 15, 2024
We wired YouTube Transcript into a staging workspace; the listing’s GitHub and npm pointers saved time versus hunting across READMEs.
- ★★★★★Min Lopez· Nov 15, 2024
We evaluated YouTube Transcript against two servers with overlapping tools; this profile had the clearer scope statement.
- ★★★★★Ren Martinez· Nov 3, 2024
YouTube Transcript has been reliable for tool-calling workflows; the MCP profile page is a good permalink for internal docs.
- ★★★★★Noah Harris· Oct 22, 2024
Strong directory entry: YouTube Transcript surfaces stars and publisher context so we could sanity-check maintenance before adopting.
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