youtube-transcript-mcp

Transcribe YouTube videos for LLM chat apps.

Usage

Example prompt: Summarize https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB9yZenVLzg

Install

• Install Claude Desktop
• Install uv
• Clone repo: git clone https://github.com/SeanPedersen/youtube-transcript-mcp
• cd youtube-transcript-mcp/
• Setup environment: uv venv && uv pip install -r pyproject.toml && source .venv/bin/activate
• Install the MCP server: fastmcp install claude-desktop mcp_server.py --with youtube-transcript-api
• Restart Claude Desktop

MCP JSON Config

"YouTube transcription service": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "--with",
        "fastmcp",
        "--with",
        "youtube-transcript-api",
        "fastmcp",
        "run",
        "$INSERT_PATH/youtube-transcript-mcp/mcp_server.py"
      ],
      "env": {},
      "transport": "stdio"
    }