YouTube & TikTok Transcripts MCP

This community-run MCP server provides tools for AI agents to retrieve YouTube and TikTok video transcripts, perform YouTube searches, and fetch video comments. It runs on Apify in Standby mode, requiring no local hosting, and supports integration with clients like Claude, ChatGPT, and Cursor via HTTP.

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Endpoint and access

API key: create a key with the vendor first; your client sends it as an authorization header on every request.

Community listingStreamable HTTPAPI keyEndpoint checked 2026-11-01Published by Gautham Krishna

You need:Your Apify API token, as Authorization: Bearer <token>

MCP endpoint (Streamable HTTP)

https://heyitsgautham--video-transcripts-mcp-server.apify.actor/mcp

Vendor documentation

What you can do with it

Summarize a YouTube video from its link
Search YouTube and compare top video transcripts
Read TikTok spoken words with metadata
Retrieve viewer comments from a video

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 1.0.3

mcp-registry: io.github.heyitsgautham/video-transcripts@1.0.3 Project website

Tools

Reported by the attributed source; not independently observed by Koskamo.

No tool 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: 135 ms
95th percentile latency: 135 ms

Maintenance history

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

Nov 1, 2026, 7:47 AM UTC · probe · passed · 135 ms · metadata changed · refuses unauthenticated initialize (HTTP 401)

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Each snippet registers the same endpoint; pick the client you use.

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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 youtube-tiktok-transcripts-mcp https://heyitsgautham--video-transcripts-mcp-server.apify.actor/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 youtube-tiktok-transcripts-mcp --url https://heyitsgautham--video-transcripts-mcp-server.apify.actor/mcp

Cursor

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

Cursor configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "youtube-tiktok-transcripts-mcp": {
      "url": "https://heyitsgautham--video-transcripts-mcp-server.apify.actor/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Cline

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

Cline configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "youtube-tiktok-transcripts-mcp": {
      "type": "streamableHttp",
      "url": "https://heyitsgautham--video-transcripts-mcp-server.apify.actor/mcp",
      "disabled": false
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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

VS Code configuration

{
  "servers": {
    "youtube-tiktok-transcripts-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://heyitsgautham--video-transcripts-mcp-server.apify.actor/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 youtube-tiktok-transcripts-mcp https://heyitsgautham--video-transcripts-mcp-server.apify.actor/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": {
    "youtube-tiktok-transcripts-mcp": {
      "url": "https://heyitsgautham--video-transcripts-mcp-server.apify.actor/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": {
    "youtube-tiktok-transcripts-mcp": {
      "serverUrl": "https://heyitsgautham--video-transcripts-mcp-server.apify.actor/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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