YouTube Transcript Extractor FAQs

Question 1

What is the YouTube Transcript Extractor?

Accepted Answer

It's a tool that extracts transcripts from public YouTube videos, allowing you to analyze the video content with AI tools like Cursor and Claude Desktop.

Question 2

What are the limitations of the tool?

Accepted Answer

It only works with public YouTube videos that have captions or subtitles enabled. The accuracy of the transcript depends on the quality of the captions (auto-generated captions might not be perfect).

Question 3

How does it integrate with Cursor and Claude Desktop?

Accepted Answer

The tool acts as a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server. You configure Cursor and Claude Desktop to use it by specifying the server's command path, enabling the AI to call the tool with YouTube URLs.

Question 4

How accurate are the extracted transcripts?

Accepted Answer

The accuracy depends on the captions/subtitles available for the video. Manually created captions are generally more accurate than auto-generated ones.

Question 5

What are the prerequisites for using the YouTube Transcript Extractor?

Accepted Answer

You need Node.js (v16 or higher) and pnpm (recommended) or npm. You'll also need a valid YouTube video URL to extract the transcript from.

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