youtube-transcripts

youtube-transcripts · What it does

## What it does Gives any MCP-compatible agent (Claude, Cursor, VS Code, ChatGPT, Codex) clean YouTube transcripts as timestamped markdown, ready to use as context. No scraping, no proxies, no YouTube rate limits to manage: the server handles the fetch and caches every result. ## Tools | Tool | What it does | Cost | |---|---|---| | `get_transcript` | Full transcript of one video (ID or URL) | 1 credit | | `get_channel_transcripts` | Recent videos from a channel, newest first (limit 1-50) | 1 credit per video | | `get_playlist_transcripts` | Videos from a playlist, in order (limit 1-50) | 1 credit per video | | `polish_transcript` | Cleaned auto-captions: punctuation restored, filler removed, faithful to what was said | ~3 credits per 1,000 words (min 5) | All tools are read-only. Videos without captions fail free. Rate limit: 5 requests per 10 seconds. ## Setup Get a free API key (25 free credits, no card) at [youtubetranscriptdownload.com/account](https://youtubetranscriptdownlo