What is YouTube Transcript MCP Server?
A high-performance, serverless implementation of a YouTube transcript extraction service using the Model Context Protocol (MCP), deployed on Cloudflare Workers. It enables AI assistants to retrieve transcripts from YouTube videos through a simple API.
How to use YouTube Transcript MCP Server?
Install by configuring Claude Desktop with a remote MCP server URL. Use the get_transcript tool with a YouTube URL or video ID and an optional language code (defaults to English). Run locally with wrangler dev after cloning the repository and installing dependencies. Deploy with wrangler deploy.
Key features of YouTube Transcript MCP Server
- Serverless deployment on Cloudflare's global edge network
- Supports multiple YouTube URL formats and direct video IDs
- Language selection for transcripts (defaults to English)
- Ultra-fast response times (typically 400-800ms)
- Less than 300 lines of code for easy maintenance
- SSE transport for streaming connections
Use cases of YouTube Transcript MCP Server
- Extract transcripts from YouTube videos for AI summarization
- Retrieve captions in different languages from video URLs
- Enable AI assistants to process video content programmatically
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