Faceabot YouTube MCP

An official MCP server by Faceabot that retrieves full transcripts with timestamps, title, channel, and duration for any public YouTube video. It supports translation via language parameters and lists recent videos from a channel. The service is free, requires no API key, and caches data for 24 hours.

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Vendor evidenceStreamable HTTPNo sign-inEndpoint checked 2026-11-01Operated by Faceabot

MCP endpoint (Streamable HTTP)

https://youtube.faceabot.com/mcp

Vendor documentation

What you can do with it

Get transcript with timestamps for a specific YouTube video
List the latest videos from a specific YouTube channel
Translate video captions into a different language

Source and maintenance

Vendor evidenceRegistry 1.0.0

mcp-registry: com.faceabot/youtube@1.0.0 Project website

Protocol and capabilities

Server: faceabot-youtube 1.0.0
MCP protocol: 2025-06-18
Tools: 2 advertised
Resources: Not advertised
Resource templates: Not advertised
Prompts: Not advertised

Server-advertised capabilities

{
  "tools": {
    "listChanged": false
  }
}

Server-provided instructions

Untrusted server output shown for inspection. It is not Koskamo guidance and is excluded from knowledge search.

Faceabot YouTube: the transcript of any public YouTube video (get_youtube_transcript {"video":"<url or id>"}), with title, channel, duration and timestamps, in the video's original language by default; lang to translate the captions. The latest videos of a channel: list_channel_videos {"channel":"@name"}. Free, no key. Faceabot keeps what it has read for 24 h and never forces YouTube's checks: if YouTube asks to slow down, retry in 1 to 2 minutes. Videos without captions have no transcript. Part of Faceabot (https://faceabot.com): any other tool: solve_need at https://faceabot.com/api/mcp.

Tools

2 advertised

get_youtube_transcript — Get a YouTube video's transcript

Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.

Advertised read-onlyOpen-world

Returns the title, channel, duration and full transcript (subtitles or automatic captions) of a public YouTube video, with a timestamp every 30 seconds. In the video's original language by default; can translate the captions (lang). Use when: you need to know what is said in a YouTube video, summarize it or quote it. Example: {"video":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"}

get_youtube_transcript input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "video"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "lang": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Wanted language code (en, fr, nl…). Default: the video's own captions"
    },
    "start": {
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 0,
      "minimum": 0
    },
    "video": {
      "type": "string",
      "examples": [
        "dQw4w9WgXcQ"
      ],
      "description": "YouTube address (watch, youtu.be, shorts) or 11-character video id"
    },
    "max_chars": {
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 20000,
      "maximum": 50000,
      "minimum": 500
    },
    "timestamps": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "default": true
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

get_youtube_transcript annotations

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  "readOnlyHint": true,
  "openWorldHint": true,
  "idempotentHint": true,
  "destructiveHint": false
}

list_channel_videos — List a YouTube channel's latest videos

Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.

Advertised read-onlyOpen-world

Lists the most recent public videos of a YouTube channel (up to 15, from YouTube's official public feed): title, date, views, address, and whether it is a Short. Use when: you need to know what a channel published lately, then read a video with get_youtube_transcript. Example: {"channel":"@YouTube"}

list_channel_videos input schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "channel"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 15,
      "maximum": 15,
      "minimum": 1
    },
    "channel": {
      "type": "string",
      "examples": [
        "@YouTube"
      ],
      "description": "Channel handle (\"@name\"), channel address, \"UC…\" channel id, or one of its videos"
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

list_channel_videos annotations

{
  "readOnlyHint": true,
  "openWorldHint": true,
  "idempotentHint": true,
  "destructiveHint": false
}

Prompts

Not advertised

No prompt definitions available.

Resources

Not advertised

No resource definitions available.

30-day availability

Aggregated from read-only remote checks; this is not a tool-execution or security guarantee.

Successful checks: 1 of 1 (100%)
Average latency: 281 ms
95th percentile latency: 281 ms

Maintenance history

Public check and source-refresh events. Editorial and ownership records remain private.

Nov 1, 2026, 4:50 PM UTC · probe · passed · 281 ms · metadata changed · 2 tool(s)

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Claude Code

Run this once in a terminal. It registers the remote server. Use --scope project to write .mcp.json for the repo.

Claude Code configuration

claude mcp add --transport http faceabot-youtube-mcp https://youtube.faceabot.com/mcp

Codex

Run this once. Codex stores MCP servers in ~/.codex/config.toml (or .codex/config.toml in a trusted project).

Codex configuration

codex mcp add faceabot-youtube-mcp --url https://youtube.faceabot.com/mcp

Cursor

Merge this server into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, then enable faceabot-youtube-mcp in your MCP settings.

Cursor configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "faceabot-youtube-mcp": {
      "url": "https://youtube.faceabot.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Cline

Merge this into cline_mcp_settings.json (Cline → MCP Servers → Configure).

Cline configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "faceabot-youtube-mcp": {
      "type": "streamableHttp",
      "url": "https://youtube.faceabot.com/mcp",
      "disabled": false
    }
  }
}

VS Code

Merge this server into .vscode/mcp.json. Use MCP: List Servers to start faceabot-youtube-mcp and inspect its tools.

VS Code configuration

{
  "servers": {
    "faceabot-youtube-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://youtube.faceabot.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Gemini CLI

Run this once. It writes .gemini/settings.json in the current project; pass --scope user for ~/.gemini/settings.json.

Gemini CLI configuration

gemini mcp add --transport http faceabot-youtube-mcp https://youtube.faceabot.com/mcp

Claude Desktop

Merge this into claude_desktop_config.json (macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\), then restart Claude Desktop.

Claude Desktop configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "faceabot-youtube-mcp": {
      "url": "https://youtube.faceabot.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

Merge this into ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json, then refresh MCP in Cascade. Windsurf remote servers use serverUrl, not url.

Windsurf configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "faceabot-youtube-mcp": {
      "serverUrl": "https://youtube.faceabot.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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