Youtube Transcript MCP Server

This MCP server retrieves transcripts for given YouTube video URLs.

Installation

For Goose CLI

To enable the YouTube Transcript extension in Goose CLI, edit the configuration file ~/.config/goose/config.yaml to include the following entry:

extensions:
  youtube-transcript:
    name: Youtube Transcript
    cmd: uvx
    args: [--from, git+https://github.com/jkawamoto/mcp-youtube-transcript, mcp-youtube-transcript]
    enabled: true
    type: stdio

For Goose Desktop

Add a new extension with the following settings:

• Type: Standard IO
• ID: youtube-transcript
• Name: Youtube Transcript
• Description: Retrieve transcripts of YouTube videos
• Command: uvx --from git+https://github.com/jkawamoto/mcp-youtube-transcript mcp-youtube-transcript

For more details on configuring MCP servers in Goose Desktop, refer to the documentation: Using Extensions - MCP Servers.

For Claude Desktop

To configure this server for Claude Desktop, edit the claude_desktop_config.json file with the following entry under mcpServers:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "youtube-transcript": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "--from",
        "git+https://github.com/jkawamoto/mcp-youtube-transcript",
        "mcp-youtube-transcript"
      ]
    }
  }
}

After editing, restart the application. For more information, see: For Claude Desktop Users - Model Context Protocol.

Installing via Smithery

To install Youtube Transcript for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:

npx -y @smithery/cli install @jkawamoto/mcp-youtube-transcript --client claude

Tools

This MCP server provides the following tools:

get_transcript

Fetches the transcript of a specified YouTube video.

Parameters

• url (string): The full URL of the YouTube video. This field is required.
• lang (string, optional): The desired language for the transcript. Defaults to en if not specified.

License

This application is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for more details.