A Model Context Protocol server that gives any MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, and others) access to the TranscriptFetch API: a production transcript API for YouTube, TikTok and Instagram, with…
mcp-server is an MCP project maintained in the transcriptfetch/mcp-server repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “A Model Context Protocol server that gives any MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, and others) access to the TranscriptFetch API: a production transcript API for…”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.
The documented npm package is transcriptfetch-mcp. The configuration below comes from the maintainer’s example; adapt its paths and account values to your environment.
The example declares TRANSCRIPTFETCH_API_KEY. Secret-looking values have been replaced with placeholders. Required and optional labels are shown only when the documentation states them.
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Check the linked publisher documentation and your connected client's tool list. Names and availability can vary with the server version and account permissions.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| get_transcript | Transcript for a video. YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, or a direct media URL. Set ai_fallback: true to transcribe the audio when no captions exist (typically… |
| search_videos | Search YouTube by keyword |
| list_channel_videos | List a YouTube channel's videos (handle, ID, or URL) |
| list_playlist_videos | List a YouTube playlist's videos (ID or URL) |
| get_credits | Remaining credit balance for the key. Never billed |
{
"mcpServers": {
"transcriptfetch": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"transcriptfetch-mcp"
],
"env": {
"TRANSCRIPTFETCH_API_KEY": "YOUR_TRANSCRIPTFETCH_API_KEY"
}
}
}
}From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| TRANSCRIPTFETCH_API_KEY | Declared in the maintainer’s client configuration. | Yes |
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