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TranscriptYT MCP Server

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TranscriptYT is listed as active in the registry but did not answer our last check. It exposes 6 tools.

YouTube transcripts for AI agents: text, JSON, SRT, or VTT in 150+ languages, with AI fallback.

Uptime history 38 days of history · worst day 0%
38 days agonow
0.0%
Uptime 24h
0 of 91 checks
6
Tools
read from the server
64 ms
Response time
average over 24h
open, no key
Access
streamable-http

What changed 8

Every tool that appeared, vanished or quietly changed what it asks for. Recorded since 8 October 2026. No other catalogue keeps this.

18 Oct 2 tool descriptions were rewritten get_transcript, summarize_video
18 Oct a tool changed the parameters it asks for get_transcript
8 Oct 3 tools appeared list_playlist_videos, search_youtube, summarize_video
8 Oct a tool description was rewritten list_languages
8 Oct a tool changed the parameters it asks for get_transcript

TranscriptYT does not always answer

Over the last week it answered 0.0% of our checks. We check every 15 minutes, so you hear about the next outage within the hour — not from your users.

Three servers free · no card

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 14 min ago.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add transcriptyt --transport http https://transcript-yt.com/mcp
Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address
https://transcript-yt.com/mcp
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.transcriptyt]
url = "https://transcript-yt.com/mcp"
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "transcriptyt": {
      "url": "https://transcript-yt.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "transcriptyt": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://transcript-yt.com/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.

languages
list_languages
List the caption tracks available for a YouTube video. Free, and does not use credits.
playlist
list_playlist_videos
List the videos in a YouTube playlist, or a channel's uploads (newest first), with titles and durations. Accepts playlist links or IDs and channel links or @handles. Free. Use get_transcript on the videos you need.
summarize
summarize_video
Summary, key points, and timestamped study notes for a public YouTube video, generated from its transcript. Written in the transcript's language (translate_to changes which transcript is summarized). Costs 1 credit for the transcript plus 1 for the summary (2 total) for most videos; long videos cost about 1 more per further 45 minutes.
transcript
get_transcript
Fetch the transcript of a public YouTube video. Accepts a full URL or an 11-character video ID. Defaults to Markdown (title + text), which is the most compact format for reading or summarizing. Use json for timestamped segments, srt/vtt for subtitle files. Costs 1 credit on success; videos without captions are AI-transcribed at 1 credit per started minute.
usage
get_usage
Show the remaining TranscriptYT credits and plan for this API key. Free.
youtube
search_youtube
Search YouTube for videos, or search within one channel by passing its link or @handle. Returns video IDs, titles, channels, durations, and view counts. Free. Use get_transcript on the videos you need.

Endpoints

URLTransportStateLatencyChecked
https://transcript-yt.com/mcp streamable-http answering 64 ms 14 min ago

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TranscriptYT — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can TranscriptYT do?
It exposes 6 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: get_transcript, get_usage, list_languages, list_playlist_videos, search_youtube, summarize_video. 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 →
Is TranscriptYT working right now?
We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 0 of 91 checks got a reply (0.0%), average response time 64 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.
The registry lists TranscriptYT as active — why does it not respond?
The official MCP registry stores what the author submitted; it does not verify that the server still runs. We check the endpoint ourselves, and this one does not answer. Catalogues that copy the registry without checking will show it as working.
How do I connect TranscriptYT?
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.
Does TranscriptYT need an API key?
No. TranscriptYT 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.