{"repo":"sinco-lab/mcp-youtube-transcript","free":true,"listed":false,"github":"https://github.com/sinco-lab/mcp-youtube-transcript","clone":"git clone https://github.com/sinco-lab/mcp-youtube-transcript.git","description":"TypeScript MCP server for retrieving YouTube transcripts in Claude Desktop, Cursor, Cline, Codex, and other MCP clients","language":"TypeScript","stars":35,"topics":["captions","claude","cline","cursor","mcp","mcp-server","transcript","typescript","youtube","youtube-transcript"],"license":"MIT","category":"mcp-servers","readme_excerpt":"MCP YouTube Transcript Server A TypeScript Model Context Protocol server that retrieves YouTube transcripts for Claude Desktop, Cursor, Cline, Codex, and other MCP-compatible clients. It is designed for local npx usage so transcript requests are made from your own machine instead of a remote proxy. Table of Contents - Features - Getting Started - Prerequisites - Installation - Usage - Basic Configuration - Docker - Testing - Troubleshooting and Maintenance - Tools - Development - Contributing - License Features Key capabilities: - Extract transcripts from YouTube videos - Support for multiple languages - Android InnerTube fallback for current YouTube caption responses - Compatible tool names: get transcripts and get transcript - Timestamped transcript output with get timed transcript - Video metadata and available transcript languages - Format text with continuous or paragraph mode - Retrieve video titles and metadata - Automatic paragraph segmentation - Text normalization and HTML entity decoding - Robust error handling - Timestamp and overlap detection Getting Started Prerequisites - Node.js 18 or higher Installation Use a local npx configuration so transcript requests are sent from your own machine instead of a remote MCP proxy. 1. Create or edit the Claude Desktop configuration file: - macOS: /Library/Application Support/Claude/claude desktop config.json - Windows: %APPDATA%\\Claude\\claude desktop config.json 2. Add the following configuration: Quick setup script for macOS","default_branch":null,"files":null,"tree":[],"storefront":"/r/sinco-lab","claimed":false,"request_supported":{"post":"https://gitbuyer.com/r/sinco-lab/mcp-youtube-transcript/request-supported","requests":0},"note":"indexed from public GitHub; nothing is for sale on this page. Clone it from GitHub. Paid listings live at /search."}