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Scribefy
@MKirovBG
Extract timestamped YouTube transcripts — plus video search, metadata, and related-video tools — for Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, and any MCP client.
Overview
What is Scribefy?
Scribefy is a YouTube research toolkit for AI workflows. It enables MCP-compatible clients to pull clean, timestamped YouTube transcripts, along with search, metadata, and related videos.
How to use Scribefy?
Obtain an API key from scribefy.app (API + MCP plan), configure the MCP server with SCRIBEFY_API_KEY in the environment, then restart your client. The four Scribefy tools appear automatically. Setup guides are available for Cursor, Windsurf, and ChatGPT.
Key features of Scribefy
- Extract full YouTube transcripts with timestamps.
- Search videos by free-text query.
- Retrieve video metadata: title, channel, duration, views.
- Fetch related videos from YouTube's "Up next" feed.
- Works with Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, ChatGPT, and more.
Use cases of Scribefy
- Analyze video content programmatically without manual copy-pasting.
- Extract and timestamp transcripts for summarization or analysis.
- Discover related videos for content research and curation.
- Search YouTube for specific topics directly from an AI assistant.
- Retrieve metadata for many videos to build datasets.
FAQ from Scribefy
What do I need to use Scribefy?
You need an API key (obtained from scribefy.app on the API + MCP plan) and an MCP-compatible
