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YouTube Transcript + YouTube Search MCP Server

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YouTube Transcript + YouTube Search MCP is answering right now. Last checked 2 min ago. It exposes 6 tools.

YouTube transcripts, search, channel browsing, and playlists for AI agents via MCP.

The linked repository no longer exists on GitHub — it was deleted or made private.

Uptime history 6 days of history · worst day 99%
6 days agonow
100.0%
Uptime 24h
92 of 92 checks
6
Tools
read from the server
240 ms
Response time
average over 24h
open, no key
Access
streamable-http

YouTube Transcript + YouTube Search MCP missed one check this week

Everything else answered, so this is steady rather than shaky. We check every 15 minutes, which is how a one-off gets told apart from the start of a pattern, and how you hear about the next one within the hour instead of from your users.

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Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 2 min ago.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add youtube-transcript-and-youtube-search --transport http https://getyoutubetranscript.com/api/mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "youtube-transcript-and-youtube-search": {
      "url": "https://getyoutubetranscript.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.youtube-transcript-and-youtube-search]
url = "https://getyoutubetranscript.com/api/mcp"
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "youtube-transcript-and-youtube-search": {
      "url": "https://getyoutubetranscript.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "youtube-transcript-and-youtube-search": {
      "url": "https://getyoutubetranscript.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 6

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

channel
get_channel_latest_videos
Get a channel's metadata plus its most recent uploads. Free - no credits charged.
list_channel_videos
List every video a channel has uploaded (the /videos tab), paginated. Paginate with `continuation` from a previous response.
search_channel_videos
Search within one channel's videos for a query. Paginate with `continuation` from a previous response.
youtube
get_youtube_transcript
Fetch the full transcript for a YouTube video, plus its title/author/thumbnail metadata. Returns the complete spoken text as one block - this API does not provide per-segment timestamps, so don't ask for or expect a timestamped breakdown.
search_youtube
Search YouTube for videos or channels. Paginate with `continuation` from a previous response.
playlist
list_playlist_videos
Get every video in a YouTube playlist, paginated. Paginate with `continuation` from a previous response.

Endpoints

URLTransportStateLatencyChecked
https://getyoutubetranscript.com/api/mcp streamable-http answering 237 ms 2 min ago

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YouTube Transcript + YouTube Search MCP — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can YouTube Transcript + YouTube Search MCP do?
It exposes 6 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: get_channel_latest_videos, get_youtube_transcript, list_channel_videos, list_playlist_videos, search_channel_videos, search_youtube. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →
What is YouTube Transcript + YouTube Search MCP mostly used for?
Its tools cluster around channel and youtube. That is what this server is built to work with — the grouping comes from the actual tool names, not from a category we assigned.
Is YouTube Transcript + YouTube Search MCP working right now?
We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 92 of 92 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 240 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
Is YouTube Transcript + YouTube Search MCP still maintained?
The linked repository no longer exists on GitHub — it was deleted or made private. We show this because it changes what you can expect: an unmaintained server may keep answering for months and then stop without warning.
How do I connect YouTube Transcript + YouTube Search MCP?
Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address.
Does YouTube Transcript + YouTube Search MCP need an API key?
No. YouTube Transcript + YouTube Search MCP completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 6 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.
How fast is YouTube Transcript + YouTube Search MCP?
It answers our handshake in 240 ms on average, which is faster than 59% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.