For a YouTube transcript and search MCP server, TranscriptAPI offers a YouTube transcript API with search, channel and playlist tools via an MCP server 3, and TubeAlfred provides a hosted MCP server covering transcripts, comments and search 2. Other options include TranscriptOut, which has an MCP server with search and bulk transcript extraction 5, and TranscriptYT, an API and MCP server for transcripts 4.
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TranscriptAPItranscriptapi.comwebsite read, tools not yet checked
Provides a YouTube MCP server alongside its REST API for transcripts, video search, channel browsing and playlist extraction 3.
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TubeAlfredtubealfred.comwebsite read, tools not yet checked
Offers a hosted YouTube MCP server that connects AI assistants to transcripts, comments, search and video data 2.
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TranscriptOuttranscriptout.comwebsite read, tools not yet checked
Exposes YouTube transcript extraction and search of videos, channels and playlists over MCP, with bulk batch jobs 5.
official:MCP server · YouTube Transcript & Search MCP Server
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TranscriptYTtranscript-yt.comwebsite read, tools not yet checked
Provides a YouTube transcript API and MCP server returning transcripts in JSON, text, SRT or VTT 4.
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- 2YouTube MCP Server for Claude & ChatGPT | TubeAlfredtubealfred.com · read 2026-10-29
- 3YouTube Transcript API with Search, Channels & Playlists | TranscriptAPItranscriptapi.com · read 2026-10-29
- 4TranscriptYT: Cheapest YouTube Transcript API & MCPtranscript-yt.com · read 2026-10-29
- 5TranscriptOut: YouTube transcript API for bulk extractiontranscriptout.com · read 2026-10-29
For agents: the 10 actions behind this answer
· YouTube Transcript MCP Server website read, tools not yet checked
Get the full transcript of any YouTube video in seconds. Copy, download, or translate to any language — 100% free, no sign-up, no limits.
· TubeAlfred website read, tools not yet checked
Connect Claude, ChatGPT, and AI agents to YouTube transcripts, comments, search, and video data with TubeAlfred's hosted MCP server. REST API and CLI included.
· TranscriptAPI website read, tools not yet checked
100 free credits to start. YouTube transcript API with video search, channel browsing, and playlist extraction. REST API, YouTube MCP for ChatGPT & Claude, and AI agent skills. Powers 15M+ transcripts/month.
· TranscriptYT website read, tools not yet checked
The cheapest YouTube Transcript API and MCP server, from $1.58 per 1,000 transcripts. JSON, text, SRT, or VTT in 150+ languages. 100 free, no card.
· TranscriptOut website read, tools not yet checked
Free to start. Transcripts from any YouTube link. Search videos, channels and playlists, batch up to 4,000 at once, and call it all over MCP.
urantia-papers-api · urantia.dev verified and signed
Access and search the Urantia Papers via REST API. Use when retrieving paragraphs, searching text, browsing papers, getting audio narration, or building RAG pipelines over the Urantia Papers.
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framefetch_extract · framefetch verified and signed
Extract structured data from ONE public social-video URL (YouTube incl. Shorts, TikTok, Instagram Reels, Pinterest, Reddit). Purpose: turn a video link into metadata (title, author, duration, date), insights (views/likes/comments), a transcript (captions, or Whisper when there are none — works on Ti
Find Clips · Weftly verified and signed
Identify ranked candidate clips in a video. Transcribes the source, then has Claude analyze the transcript to surface compelling 2–5 minute moments with titles, hooks, narrative summaries, scoring, and the FULL TEXT of each candidate so callers can preview content before paying for clips_from_job. O
· BulkTranscripts website read, tools not yet checked
Download YouTube transcripts from one video, a playlist or a whole channel, up to 1,000 per job. TXT, SRT, Markdown, JSON or one AI-ready file. 30 free.
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