YouTube Transcript Downloader
by youtubetranscriptdownload.com in News & content
Clean YouTube transcripts for agents: single videos, channels, playlists, plus AI caption cleanup.
https://youtubetranscriptdownload.com/api/mcp- Tools
- 4
- open to any client
- Uptime
- 100%
- last 30 days
- Response time
- 400 ms
- 494 ms slowest 5%
- Last check
- Passed
- 1 h ago, next in 5 h
Reliability
How to connect
Add it to any MCP client that supports remote servers.
{
"mcpServers": {
"youtube-transcript-downloader": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://youtubetranscriptdownload.com/api/mcp"
}
}
}4 tools
- get_transcript
Get the full transcript of a single YouTube video as timestamped markdown. Read-only: fetches existing captions, modifies nothing. Requires an API key; each successful call charges 1 credit, including repeat calls for the same video, so reuse a transcript already in context…
- polish_transcript
Get a cleaned-up transcript of a YouTube video's auto-generated captions: punctuation and capitalisation restored, filler and false starts removed, paragraphs added, misheard names fixed, faithful to what was said. Use when raw captions are too messy to read or quote; for a…
- get_channel_transcripts
Get transcripts for a YouTube channel's most recent videos (newest first) as timestamped markdown, one section per video. Use for research across a creator's recent output; for one known video use get_transcript. Read-only; requires an API key. Charges 1 credit per video that…
- get_playlist_transcripts
Get transcripts for the videos in a YouTube playlist (in playlist order) as timestamped markdown, one section per video. Use for working through a course, series, or curated list; for one known video use get_transcript. Read-only; requires an API key. Charges 1 credit per video…
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