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# YouTube transcript + YouTube search MCP for AI agents The fastest YouTube transcript + YouTube search MCP for AI agents. Try for free. 💯 A remote YouTube data MCP server (Model Context Protocol) with 12 tools: transcripts, captions, search, channel and playlist data. Nothing to install, no local runtime. Point your client at `https://transcriptapi.com/mcp` and sign in with OAuth (Dynamic Client Registration) or an API key. Ask Claude for a YouTube transcript, have ChatGPT search YouTube and pull the captions, or wire it into Cursor, VS Code, Claude Code and 20+ other MCP clients. ## 12 tools, not one Most YouTube MCP servers fetch a single transcript and stop there. This one hands your agent the rest of YouTube: search, channels, playlists, Shorts and live streams. **Transcripts and captions** - `get_youtube_transcript`: any language, with timestamps, as text or JSON - `get_youtube_video_info`: **free.** Metadata plus the list of available transcript languages - `get_video_metadata`: views, likes, publish date, description, tags, related videos. No captions needed **YouTube search** - `search_youtube`: videos, channels, playlists or movies, filtered by recency, length and quality/features - `search_channel_videos`: search inside one channel **Channel and playlist data** - `get_channel_info`: subscribers, video count, profile links - `get_channel_latest_videos`: **free.** Newest uploads over RSS, cheap enough to poll on a schedule - `list_channel_videos`: a channel's uploads, Shorts or live streams - `list_channel_playlists`, `list_channel_posts`, `get_channel_sections` - `list_playlist_videos`: every video in a playlist, in one call ## Built for production traffic > `15M+ transcripts every month` · `500K+ transcripts processed daily` · `49ms median response time` > > Trusted in production by [youtubetotranscript.com](https://youtubetotranscript.com) (~11M/mo) and [recapio.com](https://recapio.com) (~2.8M/mo). ## One prompt, three tools ```txt Find @NASA's most-viewed Moon landing videos, pull each transcript, give me a 5-bullet comparison. ``` Your agent chains `search_youtube`, `search_channel_videos` and `get_youtube_transcript` on its own. You write no code. Same idea works for watching @TED for new uploads or pulling a @natgeo playlist end to end. ## Pricing Free account, 100 credits, no card. Successful calls cost 1 credit, the two tools marked free above cost nothing, and failed or rate-limited calls never charge you. [transcriptapi.com](https://transcriptapi.com) · [Docs](https://transcriptapi.com/docs)

First seen 2 Oct 2026. Evidence as of 5 Oct 2026.