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Get YouTube transcripts in Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor via MCP

Connect the Apify MCP server to your assistant and ask for a video's transcript in plain words. The assistant calls this Actor and gets back the plain text, the timestamped segments and the video facts.

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Wicked YouTube Transcript Scraper API
Wicked YouTube Transcript Scraper APImyworkingmemory/wicked-youtube-transcript-scraper-api
Video
Title
Channel
Language
+3 fields
Text
Number
Boolean
List
Object

Input

YouTube video URL or ID (one video):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNQXAC9IVRw
Language:en

Output fields

Video
Title
Channel
Language
Captions
Seconds
Transcript (plain text)

How it works

Sign up on Apify or log in

The Wicked YouTube Transcript Scraper API Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Get YouTube transcripts in Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor via MCP". Sign up or log in and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

Start the "Get YouTube transcripts in Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor via MCP" task

The Wicked YouTube Transcript Scraper API Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like youtube video url or id (one video) and language, to match your specific use case.

Receive the "Get YouTube transcripts in Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor via MCP" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as video, title, channel, and more.

Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also run the "Get YouTube transcripts in Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor via MCP" task via API.

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Frequently asked questions

Add https://mcp.apify.com as an MCP server in your client with your Apify token; the Actor appears as a tool named myworkingmemory/wicked-youtube-transcript-scraper-api.

$0.0007 per delivered transcript ($0.70 per 1,000). No start fee, no per-run fee. A video without captions costs nothing.

Only public videos that have captions, manual or auto-generated. Private, removed and age-restricted videos cannot be read, and there is no audio transcription or translation.