jkawamoto/mcp-youtube-transcript — MCP server retrieving transcripts of YouTube videos

Description and use

MCP‑YouTube‑Transcript is a lightweight backend service that fetches and serves subtitles for any public YouTube video. It integrates with an MCP (Modular Compute Platform) server, exposing simple API endpoints that return transcripts in plain text or JSON formats, making it easy to incorporate video captions into other applications.

Problem

jkawamoto/mcp-youtube-transcript helps connect AI assistants to real tools and data through a standard protocol.

Outcome

Early or unclear: treat as research material until maintenance, releases, docs, and issue activity are verified.

Workflow

• connect AI agents to tools
• ship Model Context Protocol servers
• standardize integrations

Evidence

MCP server retrieving transcripts of YouTube videos

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