YouTube Transcript MCP Server

MCP server that fetches transcripts, captions, and metadata from YouTube videos so AI agents can summarize, search, and analyze video content without watching it. Supports multiple languages, timestamped segments, and channel/playlist lookups for research and content workflows.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "youtube-transcript": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@kimtaeyoon83/mcp-server-youtube-transcript"
      ]
    }
  }
}

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "video"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "video": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "YouTube video URL or ID"
    },
    "language": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Preferred transcript language code (e.g., en, es)"
    }
  }
}

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "video"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "video": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "YouTube video URL or ID"
    }
  }
}