YouTube Transcripts & Subtitles MCP Server

by saulius876-lgtm Your server? Claim it

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YouTube Transcripts & Subtitles is answering right now. Last checked 10 min ago.

Bulk YouTube transcripts from videos, channels, playlists or search: text, RAG chunks, SRT, VTT.

Uptime history 10 days of history · worst day 99%

10 days agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

91 of 91 checks

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Tools

hidden behind auth

330 ms

Response time

average over 24h

API key

Access

streamable-http

YouTube Transcripts & Subtitles missed 2 checks 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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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 youtube-transcripts --transport http https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=sauliusautomatesit/youtube-transcript-scraper

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "youtube-transcripts": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=sauliusautomatesit/youtube-transcript-scraper"
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.youtube-transcripts]
url = "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=sauliusautomatesit/youtube-transcript-scraper"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "youtube-transcripts": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=sauliusautomatesit/youtube-transcript-scraper"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "youtube-transcripts": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=sauliusautomatesit/youtube-transcript-scraper"
    }
  }
}

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=sauliusautomatesit/youtube-transcript-scraper	streamable-http	needs key	300 ms	10 min ago

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YouTube Transcripts & Subtitles — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no tool list for YouTube Transcripts & Subtitles?

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 & Subtitles 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 330 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect YouTube Transcripts & Subtitles?

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 key: it refuses anonymous clients.

Does YouTube Transcripts & Subtitles need an API key?

Yes. Every time we knock, YouTube Transcripts & Subtitles 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 & Subtitles?

It answers our handshake in 330 ms on average, which is faster than 42% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.