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YouTube Transcript MCP Server

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MCP server that extracts transcripts from YouTube videos for AI agents (Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT). Get formatted transcripts with timestamps, video metadata, and available languages.

Pricing

from $3.50 / 1,000 transcript extracteds

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Developer

Marek Pommier

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MCP tools

Tool	What it does
`get_transcript`	Get the transcript of a YouTube video as formatted text with timestamps
`get_video_info`	Get basic metadata about a YouTube video (title, author, thumbnail)
`list_languages`	List all available transcript languages for a YouTube video

Connect from your AI agent

Streamable HTTP endpoint:

https://quodlibetical-buffalo--youtube-transcript-mcp.apify.actor/mcp

Claude Desktop / Cursor / any MCP client:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "youtube-transcript-mcp": {
      "type": "streamable-http",
      "url": "https://quodlibetical-buffalo--youtube-transcript-mcp.apify.actor/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN"
      }
    }
  }
}

Standby endpoints require an Apify API token — pass any Apify token (apify_api_...) as a Bearer header or as a token query parameter.

Input (batch run)

Field	Type	Default	Description
`videoUrl`	string	`https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNQXAC9IVRw`	YouTube video URL to extract transcript from
`language`	string	`en`	Language code for transcript (default: en)
`mode`	string	`transcript`	transcript = get transcript with timestamps, info = get video metadata, languages = list available languages

Run it on Apify with default input {} to get a demo record in the dataset.

Pricing (pay-per-event)

actor-start — MCP server startup: $0.01 per event
transcript-extracted — Transcript extracted: $0.0035 per event
video-info — Video info fetched: $0.002 per event
languages-listed — Languages listed: $0.002 per event

Pay only for events. Prices are set ~30% below the market benchmark for this category.

Notes

Transcript extraction depends on YouTube accepting requests from the runner IP. If YouTube blocks the request, the Actor still succeeds and returns a structured record with the exact error plus available video metadata.

Run it as an Actor

Start a run with empty input {} — the Actor executes its batch mode, pushes one demo record to the dataset and exits successfully.

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