Wicked YouTube Transcript API — Captions, Timestamps, SRT & VTT MCP Server

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Wicked YouTube Transcript API — Captions, Timestamps, SRT & VTT is answering right now. Last checked 10 min ago.

YouTube transcript API: batch video captions, timestamps, metadata and SRT/VTT subtitles.

Uptime history 4 days of history

4 days agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

91 of 91 checks

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Tools

hidden behind auth

351 ms

Response time

average over 24h

API key

Access

streamable-http

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Wicked YouTube Transcript API — Captions, Timestamps, SRT & VTT 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 10 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add wicked-youtube-transcript-scraper-api --transport http 'https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=myworkingmemory/wicked-youtube-transcript-scraper-api'

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address

https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=myworkingmemory/wicked-youtube-transcript-scraper-api

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.wicked-youtube-transcript-scraper-api]
url = "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=myworkingmemory/wicked-youtube-transcript-scraper-api"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "wicked-youtube-transcript-scraper-api": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=myworkingmemory/wicked-youtube-transcript-scraper-api"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "wicked-youtube-transcript-scraper-api": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=myworkingmemory/wicked-youtube-transcript-scraper-api"
    }
  }
}

This endpoint answered with an authorization challenge. The server is running, but you need an API key from its owner to call it.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=myworkingmemory/wicked-youtube-transcript-scraper-api	streamable-http	needs key	340 ms	10 min ago

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Wicked YouTube Transcript API — Captions, Timestamps, SRT & VTT — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no tool list for Wicked YouTube Transcript API — Captions, Timestamps, SRT & VTT?

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 Wicked YouTube Transcript API — Captions, Timestamps, SRT & VTT working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 91 of 91 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 351 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect Wicked YouTube Transcript API — Captions, Timestamps, SRT & VTT?

Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form 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 key: it refuses anonymous clients.

Does Wicked YouTube Transcript API — Captions, Timestamps, SRT & VTT need an API key?

Yes. Every time we knock, Wicked YouTube Transcript API — Captions, Timestamps, SRT & VTT 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 Wicked YouTube Transcript API — Captions, Timestamps, SRT & VTT?

It answers our handshake in 351 ms on average, which is faster than 37% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.