YouTube Transcript + YouTube Search MCP

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100%

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How to call it

Add it to any MCP client that supports remote servers.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "youtube-transcript-youtube-search-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://getyoutubetranscript.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

7 tools

• get_youtube_transcript

  Use this when the user shares a YouTube video link or ID, or asks to summarize, explain, quote, translate, take notes on, or chat about a specific YouTube video, lecture, podcast, or talk. Returns the full spoken text (captions) as one block, plus the title and channel. Set times

• search_youtube

  Use this when the user wants to find YouTube videos or channels on a topic, for example 'find lectures on linear algebra' or 'popular videos about the Apollo missions', before reading or comparing them. Returns each result's title, video ID, link, channel, views, length, and uplo

• get_channel_latest_videos

  Use this when the user asks what a YouTube channel has posted recently, or wants a channel's details (name, description, links) with its newest uploads. Accepts an @handle, channel URL, or UC... ID. For a channel's full upload history use list_channel_videos; to find a topic insi

• search_channel_videos

  Use this when the user wants videos from one specific YouTube channel about a topic, for example 'what has @hubermanlab said about sleep' or 'find the MIT OpenCourseWare videos on recursion'. Searches only inside that channel. Pass `continuation` from a previous response for the

• list_channel_videos

  Use this when the user wants to browse a YouTube channel's uploads beyond its latest videos, for example to see a creator's older episodes or find a video they remember from that channel. Returns the channel's uploads (its Videos tab) one page at a time. Pass `continuation` from

• list_playlist_videos

  Use this when the user shares a YouTube playlist, or wants to work through a course, lecture series, or podcast playlist video by video (for example to build study notes for each lecture). Returns the videos in playlist order, one page at a time. Pass `continuation` from a previo

• get_credits

  Use this when the user asks how many credits their getyoutubetranscript.com account has left, or after another tool reports the account has no credits remaining. Returns plan and top-up credit balances. Calling it does not use credits.

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