mcp-youtube-transcript
local MCP servermcp-youtube-transcript is a local MCP server: An MCP server retrieving transcripts of YouTube videos. Install it from mcpb as https://github.com/jkawamoto/mcp-youtube-transcript/releases/download/v0.8.0/mcp-youtube-transcript.mcpb.
What you need
- Runtime: Claude Desktop (one-click .mcpb bundle).
- MCP client: Claude Code, Codex, Antigravity, Claude Desktop, Cursor or any other client that speaks MCP over stdio.
Summary
An MCP server retrieving transcripts of YouTube videos
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Questions
No. The registry entry lists no keys or environment variables.
Claude Desktop (one-click .mcpb bundle), plus an MCP client such as Claude Code, Codex, Claude Desktop or Cursor.
mcp-youtube-transcript is a local MCP server distributed as the mcpb package https://github.com/jkawamoto/mcp-youtube-transcript/releases/download/v0.8.0/mcp-youtube-transcript.mcpb.
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