mcp-registry/mcp-server-youtube-transcript

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mcp-server-youtube-transcript

by kimtaeyoon83

Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that fetches YouTube video transcripts/captions through a get_transcript tool.

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get_transcript

Extract transcripts from YouTube videos

Installation

1. Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/kimtaeyoon83/mcp-server-youtube-transcript.git cd mcp-server-youtube-transcript
2. Install dependencies
npm install # or yarn install
3. (Optional) Configure environment variables
# create a .env file in the project root PORT=3000 # port the server will listen on API_PREFIX=/api # base path for routes # If you want to use an official Google API instead of the unofficial transcript scraper you can add GOOGLE_API_KEY=your_key
4. Run the server
npm start # production npm run dev # hot-reload with nodemon
5. Verify
curl "http://localhost:3000/api/transcript?id=VIDEO_ID" # or curl "http://localhost:3000/api/transcript?url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID"

Documentation

License: MIT License
Updated 7/30/2025