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Extracts transcript text from YouTube videos using various URL formats.

About

This tool provides functionality to extract transcripts from YouTube videos via a stdio-based MCP server. It leverages the youtube-transcript library and supports standard, shortened, and embed YouTube URLs. The tool returns transcript text, handles invalid URLs, and manages transcript fetch errors. Built using the Highlight AI MCP SDK with input validation via Zod and designed to run on Node.js >=18.0.0, it simplifies access to YouTube video transcripts.

Key Features

  • Returns transcript text as an array
  • 1 GitHub stars
  • Supports standard, shortened, and embed YouTube video URLs
  • Uses youtube-transcript library
  • Implements standard error handling for invalid URLs and failed transcript fetches
  • Built using the Highlight AI MCP SDK

Use Cases

  • Creating subtitles or closed captions
  • Analyzing the content of YouTube videos
  • Generating summaries of video content