MCP Server

YouTube MCP Server

MCP server for downloading YouTube video transcripts for AI-powered content analysis.

6.7

Installation

Clone repo, requires Bun runtime and yt-dlp
Platform
Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor
Pricing
free
Last Tested
2026-04-01

About this Tool

Popular community MCP server (~501 GitHub stars) that downloads subtitles and transcripts from YouTube videos using yt-dlp, making them available as context for AI analysis. Great for marketing teams doing competitor video analysis, repurposing video content into blog posts, or extracting insights from industry talks and webinars.

Use Case Examples

  • Pull transcripts from competitor product launch videos to analyze messaging and positioning
  • Extract key points from industry conference talks to repurpose into blog content and social posts

Score Breakdown

6.7

Overall Score

Based on 5 dimensions

Installation
5/10
Documentation
6/10
Relevance
8/10
Quality
7/10
Maintenance
6/10

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