GetYouTubeTranscript MCP server

Which servers in the official MCP registry are GetYouTubeTranscript's own, whether they answer, and what they offer. A program checked each of these, nobody copied them from a product page.

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Whose server it is

Registry namecom.getyoutubetranscript/youtube-transcript-and-youtube-searchverified in the MCP registry

The registry name sits under getyoutubetranscript.com. The registry only lets a publisher use that namespace after proving control of the domain through DNS or HTTP.

When we asked itchecked 2026-10-20

Stateanswerschecked 2026-10-20
Tools8
Server calls itselfgetyoutubetranscript.com
Server version1.0.0
Protocol version2025-06-18

On 2026-10-20 the server answered initialize and tools/list without a sign-in. First answer in 200 ms.

Measured dailydaily checks: 1, the first on 2026-10-20

Answeredmeasuring1 of the 7 daily checks it takes to print a share
Median first answer724 ms
Space in an agent's context≈ 1,627 tokensthe definitions of all its tools (8), which an agent carries on every turn
Tool definitionsA · 100 of 100

Every tool passes all six checks.

Worth a look

None of the five warning signs in these definitions.

A program checks the server once a day: initialize and tools/list, no model. Tokens are the definitions' length at about four characters a token. The grade averages six checks of every tool's name, description, schema and annotations; it says how well the tools are described, not whether they work. The state of vendors' MCP servers: method and numbers →

Tools it offers8 tools · read 2026-10-20

get_youtube_transcript
Use this when the user shares a YouTube video link or ID, or asks to summarize, explain, quote, translate, take notes on, or chat about a specific YouTube video, lecture, podcast, or talk. Returns the full spoken text (captions) as one…
get_transcript_languages
Use this when the user asks which caption or subtitle languages a YouTube video has, or before requesting a transcript in a non-English language when you don't know whether the video offers it. Returns each language with its code (pass it…
search_youtube
Use this when the user wants to find YouTube videos or channels on a topic, for example 'find lectures on linear algebra' or 'popular videos about the Apollo missions', before reading or comparing them. Returns each result's title, video…
get_channel_latest_videos
Use this when the user asks what a YouTube channel has posted recently, or wants a channel's details (name, handle, description, subscribers) with its 15 newest uploads. Accepts an @handle, channel URL, or UC... ID. For a channel's full…
search_channel_videos
Use this when the user wants videos from one specific YouTube channel about a topic, for example 'what has @hubermanlab said about sleep' or 'find the MIT OpenCourseWare videos on recursion'. Searches only inside that channel. Pass…
list_channel_videos
Use this when the user wants to browse a YouTube channel's uploads beyond its latest videos, for example to see a creator's older episodes or find a video they remember from that channel. Returns the channel's uploads (its Videos tab) one…
list_playlist_videos
Use this when the user shares a YouTube playlist, or wants to work through a course, lecture series, or podcast playlist video by video (for example to build study notes for each lecture). Returns the videos in playlist order, one page at…
get_credits
Use this when the user asks how many credits their getyoutubetranscript.com account has left, or after another tool reports the account has no credits remaining. Returns plan and top-up credit balances. Calling it does not use credits.

How to connect

Add the server to your MCP client config. Claude Desktop, Cursor and most other clients read this shape:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "youtube-transcript-and-youtube-search": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://getyoutubetranscript.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

OpenAPI spec

12 paths, read 2026-10-20. Open the spec ↗

Each line is something a program found when it went looking: the registry entry, the server's own answer, a spec that parses. A missing line means we did not find it, not that it does not exist.