MCP server that fetches YouTube video transcripts and optionally summarizes them.
MCP server that fetches YouTube video transcripts and optionally summarizes them. Exposed over MCP by the youtube summarize mcp server, that capability becomes something an assistant can invoke while it works, not something you go and do afterwards.
The server ships on PyPI as youtube-summarize, so your MCP client can launch it on demand — there is no separate build step. Add the server block to your client's configuration, restart it, and the tools register themselves.
Everything the assistant can do here goes through one of these:
get_transcript — Fetch a YouTube video's transcript. By default the response is prefixed with a [METADATA] block (title, channel, published, duration, viewssummarize_transcript — Fetch a transcript and return it with summarization instructions. The response is structured into clearly-labeled sections ([INSTRUCTIONS]get_video_metadata — Fetch metadata (title, description, channel, upload date, duration, views, tags, chapters, etc.) for a YouTube video. Backed by yt-dlplist_playlist_videos — List the videos in a YouTube playlist (title, ID, channel, duration, views, URL). Per-video metadata is intentionally lean so the call stays fastsearch_videos — Search YouTube for videos and return a clean ranked list (title, ID, channel, duration, views, URL) — only actual videos, with no ads, recommendationlist_transcripts — The list_transcripts tool exposed by this serverThis sits in the AI and media services group, where several servers overlap in what they claim to do but differ sharply once you actually set them up. Youtube Summarize's toolset — get_transcript, summarize_transcript, get_video_metadata and 3 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by zlatkoc; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
We check each listing at SyncDev against the project's documentation before it goes live — if something here drifts out of date, it is a bug worth reporting.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| get_transcript | Fetch a YouTube video's transcript. By default the response is prefixed with a [METADATA] block (title, channel, published, duration, views, description); pass include_metadata=false for transcript-only output. |
| summarize_transcript | Fetch a transcript and return it with summarization instructions. The response is structured into clearly-labeled sections ([INSTRUCTIONS], [PROMPT_SOURCE], [VIDEO], [METADATA], [TRANSCRIPT]) so a human can review the pr |
| get_video_metadata | Fetch metadata (title, description, channel, upload date, duration, views, tags, chapters, etc.) for a YouTube video. Backed by yt-dlp. |
| list_playlist_videos | List the videos in a YouTube playlist (title, ID, channel, duration, views, URL). Per-video metadata is intentionally lean so the call stays fast even for large playlists; call get_video_metadata with a specific video ID |
| search_videos | Search YouTube for videos and return a clean ranked list (title, ID, channel, duration, views, URL) — only actual videos, with no ads, recommendation shelves, or personalization. Relevance ordering still comes from YouTu |
| list_transcripts | The list_transcripts tool exposed by this server. |
{
"mcpServers": {
"youtube-summarize": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": ["youtube-summarize"]
}
}
}Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.
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