YouTube Transcripts, Search & Summaries MCP Server

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YouTube Transcripts, Search & Summaries is answering right now. Last checked 1 min ago. Last commit 13 Oct 2026.

YouTube transcripts, video search, chapters and extractive summaries. No YouTube API key, no LLM.

Uptime history 69 hours of history

69 hours agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

92 of 92 checks

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Tools

hidden behind auth

409 ms

Response time

average over 24h

Stars

last commit 13 Oct 2026

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check YouTube Transcripts, Search & Summaries every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

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Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 1 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add youtube-transcripts-mcp --transport http https://parallelstudio--youtube-transcripts-mcp.apify.actor/mcp

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "youtube-transcripts-mcp": {
      "url": "https://parallelstudio--youtube-transcripts-mcp.apify.actor/mcp"
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.youtube-transcripts-mcp]
url = "https://parallelstudio--youtube-transcripts-mcp.apify.actor/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "youtube-transcripts-mcp": {
      "url": "https://parallelstudio--youtube-transcripts-mcp.apify.actor/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "youtube-transcripts-mcp": {
      "url": "https://parallelstudio--youtube-transcripts-mcp.apify.actor/mcp"
    }
  }
}

This endpoint answered with an authorization challenge. The server is running, but it did not say what kind of credentials it expects.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://parallelstudio--youtube-transcripts-mcp.apify.actor/mcp	streamable-http	needs auth	415 ms	1 min ago

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YouTube Transcripts, Search & Summaries — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no tool list for YouTube Transcripts, Search & Summaries?

The server answered our handshake with an authorization challenge, so it is running — but it will not describe its tools to an anonymous client. To see them you need to connect with your own credentials. We record it as alive, not as broken: 100.0% of checks in the last 24 hours got a reply.

Is YouTube Transcripts, Search & Summaries 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 409 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect YouTube Transcripts, Search & Summaries?

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. You will need your own credentials: it refuses anonymous clients.

Does YouTube Transcripts, Search & Summaries need an API key?

Yes. Every time we knock, YouTube Transcripts, Search & Summaries answers with an authorization challenge instead of its tool list — that is how we know it is running and gated rather than broken. Bring your own credentials and it will talk.

How fast is YouTube Transcripts, Search & Summaries?

It answers our handshake in 409 ms on average, which is faster than 30% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.

Is YouTube Transcripts, Search & Summaries open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript and 0 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.