YouTube Transcript
About
Integrates with YouTube's transcript functionality to fetch and analyze video content, enabling applications like summarization, keyword extraction, and sentiment analysis.
Details
- Repository
- index01d/ytrnscrpt-mcp-server
Explore
- Fetches transcripts from YouTube videos.
- Delivers transcript text directly to Claude.
- Simple one‑command installation and build.
- Straightforward Claude Desktop configuration.
- Lightweight Node.js implementation.
Setting up with Highlight
This MCP is not yet compatible with Highlight’s one-click setup. However, you can still use it with Highlight by following these steps:
- Download and install Highlight from highlightai.com/download
- Navigate to the plugins tab and select "Add Custom Plugin"
-
Configure the plugin with the settings below
Plugin Name
YouTube TranscriptCommand (node, npx, python, etc.)nodeArguments-
Argument 1
/ABSOLUTE/PATH/TO/ytrnscrpt-mcp-server/dist/index.js
Please refer to the README for specific instructions on how to obtain API keys or other required environment variables.
-
Argument 1
- Enable "Start Automatically" if you want the plugin to start when Highlight launches
From the repository
1. Setup:
npm install
npm run build
2. Configure Claude Desktop:
- Edit ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"youtube-transcript": {
"command": "node",
"args": [
"/ABSOLUTE/PATH/TO/ytrnscrpt-mcp-server/dist/index.js"
]
}
}
}
- Restart Claude Desktop
- Ask: "Get me the transcript for [YouTube URL]"
Claude Desktop / Cursor
Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.
{
"mcpServers": {
"youtube transcript": {
"cwd": "string",
"env": {},
"args": [
"/ABSOLUTE/PATH/TO/ytrnscrpt-mcp-server/dist/index.js"
],
"shell": false,
"command": "node"
}
}
}Linux
{
"cwd": "string",
"env": [],
"args": [
"/ABSOLUTE/PATH/TO/ytrnscrpt-mcp-server/dist/index.js"
],
"shell": false,
"command": "node"
}Macos
{
"cwd": "string",
"env": [],
"args": [
"/ABSOLUTE/PATH/TO/ytrnscrpt-mcp-server/dist/index.js"
],
"shell": false,
"command": "node"
}Windows
{
"cwd": "string",
"env": [],
"args": [
"/ABSOLUTE/PATH/TO/ytrnscrpt-mcp-server/dist/index.js"
],
"shell": false,
"command": "node"
}MCP server that enables Claude to fetch and analyze YouTube video transcripts.
Quick Start
1. Setup:
npm install
npm run build
2. Configure Claude Desktop:
- Edit ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"youtube-transcript": {
"command": "node",
"args": [
"/ABSOLUTE/PATH/TO/ytrnscrpt-mcp-server/dist/index.js"
]
}
}
}
- Restart Claude Desktop
- Ask: "Get me the transcript for [YouTube URL]"
License
MIT
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