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youtube-transcript-mcp
by lucasliet
everything
by modelcontextprotocol
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MediaAI / LLM ToolsDeveloper Tools
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youtube-transcript-mcp · Summary

MCP server for extracting YouTube video transcripts with timestamps.

everything · Summary

Official MCP test server exercising all protocol features for client builders.

youtube-transcript-mcp · Use cases

  • Content analysis of YouTube videos by researchers
  • Automated transcription services for video content creators
  • LLM applications that need to process video content

everything · Use cases

  • Testing MCP client implementations against all protocol features
  • Learning MCP protocol capabilities through a reference server
  • Validating client compatibility with different transport methods

youtube-transcript-mcp · Install

Installation

Via npx (CLI)

npx -y --package=github:lucasliet/youtube-transcript-mcp#main youtube-transcript-mcp --videoUrl "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID" --preferredLanguages "pt-BR,en"

As a library

npm i github:lucasliet/youtube-transcript-mcp#main

As MCP Server in Claude Desktop

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "youtube-transcript": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "--package=github:lucasliet/youtube-transcript-mcp#main", "youtube-transcript-mcp"],
      "env": {}
    }
  }
}

Remote Server (Deno Deploy)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "youtube-transcript-remote": {
      "url": "https://youtube-transcript-mcp.deno.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}

everything · Install

NPX (recommended)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "everything": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-everything"]
    }
  }
}

On Windows, use cmd /c:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "everything": {
      "command": "cmd",
      "args": ["/c", "npx", "-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-everything"]
    }
  }
}

Docker

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "everything": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": ["run", "-i", "--rm", "mcp/everything"]
    }
  }
}

Global install

npm install -g @modelcontextprotocol/server-everything@latest
npx @modelcontextprotocol/server-everything
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