Video Transcript is answering right now. Last checked 8 min ago. It exposes 2 tools.
Any video URL to LLM-ready transcript. ASR built in, no captions needed. TikTok, X, TED and more.
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Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 8 min ago.
claude mcp add video-transcript --transport http https://api.payload.cool/mcp/{
"mcpServers": {
"video-transcript": {
"url": "https://api.payload.cool/mcp/"
}
}
}[mcp_servers.video-transcript]
url = "https://api.payload.cool/mcp/"{
"mcpServers": {
"video-transcript": {
"url": "https://api.payload.cool/mcp/"
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"video-transcript": {
"url": "https://api.payload.cool/mcp/"
}
}
}Available tools 2
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If a tool disappears, we record the date.
list_supported_platforms
get_video_transcript
Endpoints
| URL | Transport | State | Latency | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| https://api.payload.cool/mcp/ | streamable-http | answering | 565 ms | 8 min ago |
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Video Transcript — questions
Answers built from our own checks of this server.