YouTube Transcript Downloader MCP MCP server

This MCP server allows AI agents to fetch, clean, and process YouTube video, channel, and playlist transcripts. It provides tools to retrieve raw transcripts or polished versions with restored punctuation and removed fillers, converting them into clean markdown format for immediate use in AI context windows.

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No sign-inEndpoint checked 2026-10-05Operated by YouTube Transcript Downloader

MCP endpoint (Streamable HTTP)

https://youtubetranscriptdownload.com/api/mcp

Vendor documentation

What you can do with it

Fetch full transcripts for single YouTube videos
Retrieve transcripts from entire YouTube channels
Get transcripts from YouTube playlists
Polish transcripts by removing fillers and fixing punctuation

Tools advertised by the last live check:

get_transcript
polish_transcript
get_channel_transcripts
get_playlist_transcripts

Connect from your client

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 a Streamable HTTP server. Use --scope project to write .mcp.json for the repo.

Claude Code configuration

claude mcp add --transport http youtube-transcript-downloader-mcp https://youtubetranscriptdownload.com/api/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-transcript-downloader-mcp --url https://youtubetranscriptdownload.com/api/mcp

Cursor

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

Cursor configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "youtube-transcript-downloader-mcp": {
      "url": "https://youtubetranscriptdownload.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Cline

Merge this into cline_mcp_settings.json (Cline → MCP Servers → Configure). The type must be streamableHttp for a remote HTTP server.

Cline configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "youtube-transcript-downloader-mcp": {
      "type": "streamableHttp",
      "url": "https://youtubetranscriptdownload.com/api/mcp",
      "disabled": false
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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

VS Code configuration

{
  "servers": {
    "youtube-transcript-downloader-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://youtubetranscriptdownload.com/api/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-transcript-downloader-mcp https://youtubetranscriptdownload.com/api/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-transcript-downloader-mcp": {
      "url": "https://youtubetranscriptdownload.com/api/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-transcript-downloader-mcp": {
      "serverUrl": "https://youtubetranscriptdownload.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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