YouTube Transcript MCP Server

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YouTube Transcript MCP is answering right now. Last checked 8 min ago. Last commit 4 Nov 2026.

Fetch YouTube transcripts with timestamps, search history, and export data for AI models.

Uptime history 71 hours of history

71 hours agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

91 of 91 checks

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Tools

hidden behind auth

264 ms

Response time

average over 24h

Stars

last commit 4 Nov 2026

Nothing serious here today

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

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 8 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add youtube-transcript-mcp --transport http https://mcp.youtubetranscript.dev

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

https://mcp.youtubetranscript.dev

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.youtube-transcript-mcp]
url = "https://mcp.youtubetranscript.dev"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "youtube-transcript-mcp": {
      "url": "https://mcp.youtubetranscript.dev"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "youtube-transcript-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.youtubetranscript.dev"
    }
  }
}

This endpoint answered with an authorization challenge. The server is running, and it signs you in through your browser: there is no API key to paste.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://mcp.youtubetranscript.dev	streamable-http	sign-in	206 ms	8 min ago

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YouTube Transcript MCP — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no tool list for YouTube Transcript MCP?

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 Transcript MCP 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 264 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

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 is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address. You sign in through your browser once and the client keeps the session: no key to copy, and it refuses anonymous clients.

How do you sign in to YouTube Transcript MCP?

No API key is involved. YouTube Transcript MCP answers our knock with an OAuth challenge, so you authorise it once in your browser and the client keeps the session. That is also why we see no tool list: it will not describe itself to an anonymous client, and that is the server working as intended, not a fault.

How fast is YouTube Transcript MCP?

It answers our handshake in 264 ms on average, which is faster than 54% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.

Is YouTube Transcript MCP open source?

The code is open source: it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript and 0 stars on GitHub. The licence covers the code in the repository, not the hosted service at mcp.youtubetranscript.dev, which runs on its operator's own terms.