YouTube Transcript Downloader is an MCP server with 4 tools an agent can call, among them get_channel_transcripts, get_playlist_transcripts, get_transcript. It answers at https://youtubetranscriptdownload.com/api/mcp over streamable HTTP, and it listed its tools to an anonymous client, so no sign-in was needed for that. Our probes reached it 10 of 10 times since 5 September 2026; the last check, on 18 October 2026, succeeded.
Clean YouTube transcripts for agents: single videos, channels, playlists, plus AI caption cleanup.
Description as the publisher wrote it.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
get_channel_transcripts | Get transcripts for a YouTube channel's most recent videos (newest first) as timestamped markdown, one section per video. Use for research across a creator's recent output; for one known video use get_transcript. Read-only; requires an API Inputs: url, limit |
get_playlist_transcripts | Get transcripts for the videos in a YouTube playlist (in playlist order) as timestamped markdown, one section per video. Use for working through a course, series, or curated list; for one known video use get_transcript. Read-only; requires Inputs: url, limit |
get_transcript | Get the full transcript of a single YouTube video as timestamped markdown. Read-only: fetches existing captions, modifies nothing. Requires an API key; each successful call charges 1 credit, including repeat calls for the same video, so reu Inputs: video |
polish_transcript | Get a cleaned-up transcript of a YouTube video's auto-generated captions: punctuation and capitalisation restored, filler and false starts removed, paragraphs added, misheard names fixed, faithful to what was said. Use when raw captions are Inputs: video |
Every block below points at https://youtubetranscriptdownload.com/api/mcp. Pick your client and copy.
claude mcp add --transport http youtube-transcript-downloader https://youtubetranscriptdownload.com/api/mcp
{
"mcpServers": {
"youtube-transcript-downloader": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://youtubetranscriptdownload.com/api/mcp"]
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"youtube-transcript-downloader": {
"url": "https://youtubetranscriptdownload.com/api/mcp"
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"youtube-transcript-downloader": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://youtubetranscriptdownload.com/api/mcp"
}
}
}{
"context_servers": {
"youtube-transcript-downloader": {
"url": "https://youtubetranscriptdownload.com/api/mcp"
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"youtube-transcript-downloader": {
"serverUrl": "https://youtubetranscriptdownload.com/api/mcp"
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"youtube-transcript-downloader": {
"url": "https://youtubetranscriptdownload.com/api/mcp"
}
}
}name: YouTube Transcript Downloader
version: 0.0.1
schema: v1
mcpServers:
- name: YouTube Transcript Downloader
type: streamable-http
url: https://youtubetranscriptdownload.com/api/mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"youtube-transcript-downloader": {
"httpUrl": "https://youtubetranscriptdownload.com/api/mcp"
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"youtube-transcript-downloader": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://youtubetranscriptdownload.com/api/mcp"
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"youtube-transcript-downloader": {
"url": "https://youtubetranscriptdownload.com/api/mcp"
}
}
}goose://extension?url=https%3A%2F%2Fyoutubetranscriptdownload.com%2Fapi%2Fmcp&type=streamable_http&id=youtube-transcript-downloader&name=YouTube%20Transcript%20Downloader
It answered our last check on 18 October 2026 in 301 ms. Over 10 checks since 5 September 2026 it answered 10. Status here comes from Neuronto's own probes, not from the publisher.
Yes. It is published by youtubetranscriptdownload.com and served from youtubetranscriptdownload.com, the vendor's own domain: https://youtubetranscriptdownload.com/api/mcp.
4, as returned by the server's own tools/list on 31 August 2026: get_channel_transcripts, get_playlist_transcripts, get_transcript, polish_transcript.
It answered our last check on 18 October 2026 in 301 ms. Over 10 checks since 5 September 2026 it answered 10.
Put the server under mcpServers in ~/.cursor/mcp.json with the URL https://youtubetranscriptdownload.com/api/mcp. The exact JSON is above, with the same setup for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, VS Code, Windsurf, Zed, Gemini CLI and the rest.
It listed its tools to an anonymous client, so reading the tool list needs no key. Individual tools can still ask for credentials in their own inputs.
Publisher: com.youtubetranscriptdownload. Endpoint host: youtubetranscriptdownload.com. ARD identifier: urn:air:com.youtubetranscriptdownload:mcp:transcripts.
First indexed 31 August 2026. The tools are exactly what the server returned; nothing on this page
is inferred from its name. Ranking in Neuronto search is never for sale.