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youtube-transcript-apify is an MCP project maintained in the nokia2k2/youtube-transcript-apify repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “If your code works on your laptop but fails in production with RequestBlocked, IpBlocked, TooManyRequests or HTTP 429, YouTube is blocking your server's IP address…”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.
The documented pypi package is youtube-transcript-apify. The configuration below comes from the maintainer’s example; adapt its paths and account values to your environment.
The example declares APIFY_TOKEN. Secret-looking values have been replaced with placeholders. Required and optional labels are shown only when the documentation states them.
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{
"mcpServers": {
"youtube-transcript": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"youtube-transcript-apify"
],
"env": {
"APIFY_TOKEN": "YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN"
}
}
}
}From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| APIFY_TOKEN | Declared in the maintainer’s client configuration. | Check documentation |
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