MCP Server

Model Context Protocol server exposing transcripts, search, channel, and playlist tools.

The YouTube Transcriber MCP server lets any MCP-compatible client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, ChatGPT, the OpenAI Agent Builder) call the platform directly as a set of typed tools.

Endpoint

https://getyoutubetranscriber.com/mcp

Transport: Streamable HTTP, stateless. One POST per request; no long-lived session, no Mcp-Session-Id round-trip required.
Method: POST only. GET and DELETE return 405.

Authentication

Send a bearer token in the Authorization header. Both formats accepted by the REST API also work here:

ytt_…: long-lived API key from the dashboard.
ytto_…: short-lived OAuth access token.

Missing or invalid token → 401. Out of credits → 402 (see Quickstart → Billing).

Tools

Seven tools, each costs 1 credit on success:

Tool	Purpose
`get_transcript`	Fetch the spoken transcript of a video.
`search_youtube`	Search across all of YouTube.
`search_channel`	Search within a single channel.
`resolve_channel`	Resolve a handle / URL to a channel id (free).
`list_channel_videos`	List a channel's uploads, paginated.
`list_channel_latest`	The N most-recent uploads (free).
`list_playlist_videos`	List videos in a playlist.

For the matching REST endpoints see the API reference.

MCP Server

Endpoint

Authentication

Tools

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