Use YouTube transcripts in Claude Cowork via MCP
Created by
John
Fetch YouTube transcripts inside Claude Cowork with an MCP plugin. Get timestamped captions, plain text, and language info from any YouTube or Shorts URL.
YouTube Transcript & Subtitles Scraper APIjohnvc/youtubetranscripts
YouTube URL
Video ID
Language
Lang
+4 fieldsTextNumberBooleanListObject
Input
YouTube URL(s)(required):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNQXAC9IVRw
Output fields
YouTube URL
Video ID
Language
Lang
Auto-Gen
Duration (s)
Transcript
OK
Sign up on Apify01
Create your Apify account to access the YouTube Transcript & Subtitles Scraper API.
Start the run02
The Actor will start running based on the input automatically.
Receive the output03
Monitor the progress in real-time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review.
Integrate into your workflow04
The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow.
