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YouTube Transcript MCP Server

Enables AI assistants to retrieve transcripts from YouTube videos via a serverless API deployed on Cloudflare Workers

Local Onlyobjones25
Awaiting current scanNpm · 1.0.1

The selected current version does not yet have completed public verification. Unknown does not mean clean or vulnerable.

1Distribution channel
2Independently observed tools
0Linked remote endpoints
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Install youtube-transcript-mcp-server from npm

Version 1.0.1 declares 1 executable entrypoint.

npm install --save-exact youtube-transcript-mcp-server@1.0.1
npx -y -p youtube-transcript-mcp-server@1.0.1 youtube-transcript-mcp-server
MCP client configuration example
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "youtube-transcript-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "-p",
        "youtube-transcript-mcp-server@1.0.1",
        "youtube-transcript-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Identity

Canonical slugyoutube-transcript-mcp-server-548dd078DeploymentLocal Only
Canonical packagenpm:youtube-transcript-mcp-serverRepositoryobjones25/remote-cloudflare-youtube-transcript-mcp-server
First publishedLatest release
Last security verificationClassification confidence90%
PublicationDraftOfficial distributionNot verified

Distributions

ChannelIdentifierCurrent versionVersionsSource
npmyoutube-transcript-mcp-server1.0.11Repository

Current release

PackageVersionPublished / observedInventorySecurity scan
npmyoutube-transcript-mcp-server1.0.1CurrentSep 5, 20262 toolsSucceeded · 0 resources · 0 promptsEvidence restricted
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Current version evidence

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Current protocol inventory

2024-11-05Negotiated protocol
youtube-transcript-serverServer-reported name
1Capability groups
Aug 21, 2026Observed

Tools 2

ToolCategoryAnnotationsRisk
list_available_transcriptsList all available transcript languages for a YouTube video
Input schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "url": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "YouTube video URL or video ID"
    },
    "video_id": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "YouTube video ID (alternative to url)"
    }
  },
  "required": []
}
retrieve_transcriptRetrieve transcript/captions from a YouTube video with multiple output formats
Input schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "url": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "YouTube video URL or video ID"
    },
    "video_id": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "YouTube video ID (alternative to url)"
    },
    "lang": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Language code for transcript (e.g., \"en\", \"es\", \"fr\"). Default: \"en\"",
      "default": "en"
    },
    "format": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "text",
        "json",
        "srt"
      ],
      "description": "Output format: \"text\" (plain text), \"json\" (structured), or \"srt\" (subtitle format). Default: \"json\"",
      "default": "json"
    },
    "include_timestamps": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "Include timestamps in text format output. Default: false",
      "default": false
    }
  },
  "required": []
}

Resources 0

  • None observed.

Resource templates 0

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Prompts 0

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Remote endpoints

EndpointTransportAuthenticationHealthObserved
No verified remote endpoint is linked.

YouTube Transcript MCP Server questions

How do I install YouTube Transcript MCP Server?

Install the selected package version with: npm install --save-exact youtube-transcript-mcp-server@1.0.1

What tools does YouTube Transcript MCP Server provide?

YouTube Transcript MCP Server exposed 2 tools during independent protocol observation, including list_available_transcripts, retrieve_transcript.

Is YouTube Transcript MCP Server secure?

The selected current version does not yet have completed public verification. Unknown does not mean clean or vulnerable.

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