MCP tool
get_youtube_transcript
Fetch the full text transcript of a YouTube video.
The get_youtube_transcript tool is provided by YouTube Transcript AI. Install that server in your AI client and the assistant can call it directly.
Servers exposing get_youtube_transcript
From the publisher:Fetch the full text transcript of a YouTube video. Accepts a YouTube URL (watch, youtu.be, shorts, embed) or a bare 11-character video ID, and returns the transcript as plain text with title and metadata. Optionally pass a BCP-47 language code to select a specific caption track. Very long transcripts (multi-hour videos) come back in parts of up to 120,000 characters: when there is more, the result
Install YouTube Transcript AI →Parameter Type Description video*string YouTube video URL or 11-character video ID langstring Optional BCP-47 language code, e.g. "en", "zh-CN", "es". Omit for the default track. offsetinteger Optional. Character position to continue a long transcript from. Use the value given in the note at the end of the previous part. Omit to start from the beginning.
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