YouTube Transcript MCP Server
This MCP server retrieves transcripts for given YouTube video URLs. Its README documents 4 tools, including get_transcript, get_timed_transcript, get_video_info.
People who need social media tools inside Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or another MCP client. The project is written in Python.
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LAST COMMIT 2026-08-08 · ★ 470 · #17 OF 46 MAINTAINED SOCIAL MEDIA · VERIFIED 2026-08-25
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01 · Install YouTube Transcript
Claude Desktop
Settings → Extensions → Install, then select the https://github.com/jkawamoto/mcp-youtube-transcript/releases/download/v0.7.1/mcp-youtube-transcript.mcpb .mcpb bundle02 · Evidence
Security posture
What to check before giving this server access to your agent - from the registry, GitHub, and our own probes. We don't score safety; we show what's verifiable.
runs as Claude Desktop extension (.mcpb bundle)
license MIT - declared in the repository
registry namespace io.github.jkawamoto is GitHub-verified and matches the repo owner
03 · What YouTube Transcript can do
Prose above is summarized from the project's README and registry record - no invented capabilities.
What you can build
With this server connected, an agent can fetch the transcript of a specified YouTube video, fetch the transcript of a specified YouTube video with timestamps, fetch the metadata of a specified YouTube video, and retrieve the available languages for the video.
The 4 tools it gives your agent
Extracted from the project's README - what mcp-youtube-transcript lets an agent do.
- get_transcript
- - Fetches the transcript of a specified YouTube video.
- get_timed_transcript
- - Fetches the transcript of a specified YouTube video with timestamps.
- get_video_info
- - Fetches the metadata of a specified YouTube video.
- get_available_languages
- - Retrieves the available languages for the video.
Latest releases
v0.7.1 · 2026-08-08
Migrate to MCP Python SDK v2 · bump cryptography from 49.0.0 to 50.0.0
v0.7.0 · 2026-07-09
bump starlette from 1.0.0 to 1.0.1 · bump pyjwt from 2.12.1 to 2.13.0 · bump cryptography from 48.0.0 to 48.0.1 · bump python-multipart from 0.0.29 to 0.0.31 · bump starlette from 1.0.1 to 1.3.1 · bump yt-dlp from…
v0.6.4 · 2026-05-20
bump idna from 3.13 to 3.15
04 · Who maintains YouTube Transcript
mcp-youtube-transcript is maintained by jkawamoto. We track 4 MCP servers from jkawamoto - 2 actively maintained, 553 combined GitHub stars, oldest repo from Feb 2025. Full record: all servers from jkawamoto.
05 · Facts
- repository
- github.com/jkawamoto/mcp-youtube-transcript
- category
- social media - ranked #17 of 46 actively-maintained social media servers as of 2026-08-25.
- release cadence
- 2 releases in the last 90 days (latest 2026-08-08)
- registry
- io.github.jkawamoto/mcp-youtube-transcript (active, first published 2025-09-17 · 22 versions)
- packages
- mcpb:https://github.com/jkawamoto/mcp-youtube-transcript/releases/download/v0.7.1/mcp-youtube-transcript.mcpb
06 · YouTube Transcript FAQ
Is YouTube Transcript still maintained?
Yes - as of 2026-08-25, its last commit was 2026-08-08 and it shipped 2 releases in the last 90 days. We re-verify nightly.
What can YouTube Transcript do?
With this server connected, an agent can fetch the transcript of a specified YouTube video, fetch the transcript of a specified YouTube video with timestamps, fetch the metadata of a specified YouTube video, and retrieve the available languages for the video.
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