YouTube Transcript MCP Server

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YouTube Transcript MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. Last commit 10 Nov 2026.

Fetches public YouTube caption tracks with timestamps and exact language selection.

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10 Nov 2026

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TypeScript

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

Connect this server

This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add youtube-transcript-mcp -- npx -y @fakasys/youtube-transcript-mcp

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "youtube-transcript-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@fakasys/youtube-transcript-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.youtube-transcript-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@fakasys/youtube-transcript-mcp"]

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "youtube-transcript-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@fakasys/youtube-transcript-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "youtube-transcript-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@fakasys/youtube-transcript-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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YouTube Transcript MCP — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for YouTube Transcript MCP?

YouTube Transcript MCP runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the npm package @fakasys/youtube-transcript-mcp.

How do I connect YouTube Transcript MCP?

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 runs locally, so the command pulls @fakasys/youtube-transcript-mcp straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

Is YouTube Transcript MCP 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.