YouTube Transcripts
REMOTE · API.YOUTUBETRANSCRIPTS.FBETTEO.COM
Transcripts from YouTube videos, whole channels and playlists for AI agents, with bulk ZIP export.
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Last scanned (45 minutes ago)
Scores higher than 84% of remote servers
Reachable. Last reached 5 Nov 2026.
Category Education and Research
How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, and we only credit what we can confirm. How we score → Why this is hard to score →
Endpoint Security83
- The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key. View diagnostics → Pass
- Authorisation is enforced on tool calls, but the challenge carries no valid RFC 9728 metadata, so a client cannot discover where to get a token. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Fail
- HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path. View diagnostics → Pass
- HSTS check failed: the Strict-Transport-Security header is absent. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Fail
- DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Fail
Transport & Reachability100
- Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake. View diagnostics → Pass
Schema Quality & AI Usability70
- AI-judged instruction clarity (good).Pass
- Tool/resource definitions use about 388 tokens (~48/item across 8 items; 8 tools + 0 resources), lean.Pass
- Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management70
- Stability observed for 21 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.Partial
Tool Coverage92
- 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
- 75% of tool parameters carry a description.Partial
Tool Safety100
- No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
- We read all 8 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
- An AI judge read all 8 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.Pass
Capabilities60
- Spec-recency check failed: implements MCP spec 2025-06-18; the latest is 2026-07-28. See how to fix → Fail
Every change we have recorded for this component, newest first. Security-relevant changes are always shown. ▲ marks a change for the better, ▼ a change for the worse; unmarked changes are neutral.
- 4 Nov 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 63 to 67. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 19 days of observed history at the previous scan, 20 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 1 Nov 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 53 to 57. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 16 days of observed history at the previous scan, 17 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 30 Oct 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 47 to 50. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 14 days of observed history at the previous scan, 15 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 28 Oct 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 40 to 43. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 12 days of observed history at the previous scan, 13 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 26 Oct 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 33 to 37. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 10 days of observed history at the previous scan, 11 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 24 Oct 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 27 to 30. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 8 days of observed history at the previous scan, 9 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 22 Oct 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 20 to 23. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 6 days of observed history at the previous scan, 7 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 20 Oct 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 13 to 17. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 4 days of observed history at the previous scan, 5 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
Diagnostic detail from the automated scan of this channel: what the scanner observed at each step, so you can see exactly where a check passed or failed. It is informational only and never changes the trust score.
Captured 5 Nov 2026 · Probed https://api.youtubetranscripts.fbetteo.com/mcp
TLS valid
Negotiated TLS 1.3 with TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 .
| Subject | Issuer | Valid from | Valid until | Key | Signature | Serial |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN=api.youtubetranscripts.fbetteo.com | CN=YE2,O=Let's Encrypt,C=US | 21 Sept 2026 | 20 Dec 2026 | ECDSA 256 | ECDSA-SHA384 | 54d837e02e2a2869d06c2d77d9e47b98c61 |
| SANs: api.youtubetranscripts.fbetteo.com | ||||||
| CN=YE2,O=Let's Encrypt,C=US (CA) | CN=Root YE,O=ISRG,C=US | 3 Sept 2025 | 2 Sept 2028 | ECDSA 384 | ECDSA-SHA384 | 4df3b15dd6c0784c507cd37b58e6f115 |
| CN=Root YE,O=ISRG,C=US (CA) | CN=ISRG Root X2,O=Internet Security Research Group,C=US | 13 May 2026 | 2 Sept 2032 | ECDSA 384 | ECDSA-SHA384 | 872165fc34b6e5fba8add5b3705fb53a |
| CN=ISRG Root X2,O=Internet Security Research Group,C=US (CA) | CN=ISRG Root X1,O=Internet Security Research Group,C=US | 13 May 2026 | 2 Sept 2032 | ECDSA 384 | SHA256-RSA | 6c8f1dc727c7117f7baf853ac980f9cd |
Background: What to check on a remote MCP endpoint →
DNSSEC insecure
Validation of api.youtubetranscripts.fbetteo.com. — Not signed
| Zone | DS | Keys | Algorithms | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| . | trust_anchor | 20326, 38696 | 8, 8 | Verified |
| com. | present | 19718 | 13 | Verified |
| fbetteo.com. | absent | Unsigned (proven) parent-signed NSEC/NSEC3 proves an unsigned delegation |
Authentication Challenged, unverified
The endpoint asked for a token, but we could not retrieve and validate the RFC 9728 metadata that tells a client how to obtain one.
| Result | Challenged, unverified |
|---|---|
| Enforced | On tool calls |
| HTTP status | 200 |
WWW-Authenticate challenge Bearer
BearerProtected resource metadata
| Retrieved | No |
|---|---|
| Problem | no_resource_metadata |
Background: How OAuth 2.1 works in the 2026 MCP spec →
Transports 2 probes
| Transport | URL | Outcome | Status | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| streamable-http | https://api.youtubetranscripts.fbetteo.com/mcp | Verified | 200 | |
| http (plaintext) | http://api.youtubetranscripts.fbetteo.com/mcp | HTTPS enforced | 301 | https://api.youtubetranscripts.fbetteo.com/mcp |
The tools this component advertises to a client, with an estimated token cost for each. Expand a tool to see its parameters and schema. The per-tool counts are indicative and are not scored directly; the schema's total context footprint is one signal in Schema Quality & AI Usability. A tool's description is untrusted text the model reads on every call, which is what makes this list a security surface and not just an inventory: how tool poisoning works →
cancel_job ~30
Cancel an async transcript job and refund unprocessed videos.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| job_id | string | yes | Transcript job ID. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
get_channel_info ~34
Return metadata for a YouTube channel before starting a job.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| channel | string | yes | Handle, name, or ID. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
get_download_url ~30
Return the ZIP download URL for a completed job.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| job_id | string | yes | Transcript job ID. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
get_job_status ~33
Poll an async transcript job and get a download URL when ready.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| job_id | string | yes | Transcript job ID. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
get_transcript ~49
Return the transcript for a single YouTube video URL or ID.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| include_timestamps | boolean | – | Include transcript timestamps. |
| video_url | string | yes | YouTube video URL or video ID. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
list_channel_videos ~88
List a YouTube channel's videos with duration metadata, in the order channel jobs use (long-form, then Shorts, then livestreams; newest first). limit=N previews what start_channel_job with max_videos=N downloads; has_more tells if the channel has more.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| channel | string | yes | Handle, name, or ID. |
| limit | integer | – | Maximum videos to return. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
start_channel_job ~62
Start an async job that downloads channel transcripts.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| channel | string | yes | Handle, name, or ID. |
| concatenate_all | boolean | – | – |
| include_timestamps | boolean | – | – |
| max_videos | integer | – | Optional maximum videos to process. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
start_playlist_job ~62
Start an async job that downloads playlist transcripts.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| concatenate_all | boolean | – | – |
| include_timestamps | boolean | – | – |
| max_videos | integer | – | Optional maximum videos to process. |
| playlist | string | yes | YouTube playlist URL or ID. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
How do I install the YouTube Transcripts MCP server?
YouTube Transcripts is a hosted endpoint at https://api.youtubetranscripts.fbetteo.com/mcp, so there is nothing to install locally. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.
remote · api.youtubetranscripts.fbetteo.com
claude mcp add --transport http fbetteo-youtube-transcripts 'https://api.youtubetranscripts.fbetteo.com/mcp'
What is the YouTube Transcripts MCP server?
YouTube Transcripts is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.fbetteo/youtube-transcripts. Transcripts from YouTube videos, whole channels and playlists for AI agents, with bulk ZIP export. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://api.youtubetranscripts.fbetteo.com/mcp).
Is the YouTube Transcripts MCP server safe to use?
YouTube Transcripts scores 81 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.
What tools does the YouTube Transcripts MCP server expose?
YouTube Transcripts exposes 8 tools: get_transcript, get_channel_info, list_channel_videos, start_channel_job, start_playlist_job, and 3 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 388 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Does the YouTube Transcripts MCP server require authentication?
Yes. YouTube Transcripts asked us for credentials when we connected, so you will need to authorise it in your MCP client before it can do anything.
Is the YouTube Transcripts MCP server still maintained?
YouTube Transcripts is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 5 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.