# TranscriptYT (remote · transcript-yt.com)

YouTube transcripts for AI agents: text, JSON, SRT, or VTT in 150+ languages, with AI fallback.

- Trust score: 76/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-10-06

## Components

- remote · `transcript-yt.com`: 76/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/rajdeep-automation-transcriptyt/transcript-yt.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/rajdeep-automation-transcriptyt/transcript-yt)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://transcript-yt.com/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `required`
- Version: `1.0.0`

## Trust breakdown

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. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-10-06.

- **Endpoint Security**: 80/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - No authorisation is required to call this server. Every tool declares its destructiveHint and none is destructive, so open access doesn't expose one.
  - HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path.
  - The HSTS (Strict-Transport-Security) header is present.
  - DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 100/100
  - Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 81/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 574 tokens (~95/item across 6 items; 6 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 13/100
  - Stability observed for 4 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 6 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 6 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a current MCP spec version (2026-07-28).

## Install

### How do I install the TranscriptYT MCP server?

TranscriptYT is a hosted endpoint at https://transcript-yt.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.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http rajdeep-automation-transcriptyt 'https://transcript-yt.com/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "rajdeep-automation-transcriptyt": {
      "url": "https://transcript-yt.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "rajdeep-automation-transcriptyt": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://transcript-yt.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.rajdeep-automation-transcriptyt]
url = "https://transcript-yt.com/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "rajdeep-automation-transcriptyt": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://transcript-yt.com/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add rajdeep-automation-transcriptyt --url 'https://transcript-yt.com/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  rajdeep-automation-transcriptyt:
    url: "https://transcript-yt.com/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "rajdeep-automation-transcriptyt": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://transcript-yt.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add rajdeep-automation-transcriptyt -t streamable-http -u 'https://transcript-yt.com/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "rajdeep-automation-transcriptyt": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://transcript-yt.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-10-06 (score 76, 0)

- [functional regression] Schema quality: 454 → 574

### 2026-10-04 (score 76, +1)

- [security] Tool “list_languages” rewrote its description, which is the text the model reads
- [functional regression] Schema quality: 70 → 90
- [functional] New tool “list_playlist_videos”
- [functional] New tool “search_youtube”
- [cosmetic] “get_transcript” added an optional parameter “end_time”
- [cosmetic] “get_transcript” added an optional parameter “original_language”
- [cosmetic] “get_transcript” added an optional parameter “search”
- [cosmetic] “get_transcript” added an optional parameter “start_time”

### 2026-10-03 (score 75, +1)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-10-02 (score 74)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (6)

### `get_transcript` (~210 tokens)

Get YouTube transcript

Fetch the transcript of a public YouTube video. Accepts a full URL or an 11-character video ID. Defaults to Markdown (title + text), which is the most compact format for reading or summarizing. Use json for timestamped segments, srt/vtt for subtitle files. Costs 1 credit on success.

Input parameters:

- `end_time` (number): Only return the part before this second
- `format` (string): Output format
- `language` (string): Preferred caption language (BCP-47, e.g. en, es, pt-BR)
- `original_language` (boolean): Prefer the spoken language's captions over English
- `search` (string): Only return lines containing this text
- `start_time` (number): Only return the part from this second on
- `timestamps` (boolean): Prefix lines with timestamps (text/md)
- `translate_to` (string): Translate the transcript into this language
- `url` (string, required): YouTube URL or video ID

### `list_languages` (~40 tokens)

List caption languages

List the caption tracks available for a YouTube video. Free, and does not use credits.

Input parameters:

- `url` (string, required): YouTube URL or video ID

### `list_playlist_videos` (~87 tokens)

List playlist or channel videos

List the videos in a YouTube playlist, or a channel's uploads (newest first), with titles and durations. Accepts playlist links or IDs and channel links or @handles. Free. Use get_transcript on the videos you need.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer): Maximum videos to return
- `url` (string, required): Playlist URL/ID, or channel URL/@handle

### `search_youtube` (~94 tokens)

Search YouTube videos

Search YouTube for videos, or search within one channel by passing its link or @handle. Returns video IDs, titles, channels, durations, and view counts. Free. Use get_transcript on the videos you need.

Input parameters:

- `channel` (string): Only search this channel (URL, channel ID, or @handle)
- `limit` (integer): Maximum videos to return
- `query` (string, required): Search terms

### `summarize_video` (~120 tokens)

Summarize a YouTube video

Summary, key points, and timestamped study notes for a public YouTube video, generated from its transcript. Written in the transcript's language (translate_to changes which transcript is summarized). Costs 1 credit for the transcript plus 1 for the summary (2 total).

Input parameters:

- `language` (string): Preferred caption language (BCP-47, e.g. en, es, pt-BR)
- `translate_to` (string): Summarize a translation of the transcript into this language
- `url` (string, required): YouTube URL or video ID

### `get_usage` (~23 tokens)

Check credits

Show the remaining TranscriptYT credits and plan for this API key. Free.

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/rajdeep-automation-transcriptyt/transcript-yt#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-10-06: 76
- 2026-10-04: 76
- 2026-10-03: 75
- 2026-10-02: 74

## Common questions

### What is the TranscriptYT MCP server?

TranscriptYT is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.rajdeep-automation/transcriptyt. YouTube transcripts for AI agents: text, JSON, SRT, or VTT in 150+ languages, with AI fallback. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://transcript-yt.com/mcp).

### Is the TranscriptYT MCP server safe to use?

TranscriptYT scores 76 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 TranscriptYT MCP server expose?

TranscriptYT exposes 6 tools: get_transcript, list_languages, list_playlist_videos, search_youtube, summarize_video, get_usage. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 574 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the TranscriptYT MCP server require authentication?

No. We connected to TranscriptYT without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.

### Is the TranscriptYT MCP server still maintained?

TranscriptYT is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 6 October 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://transcript-yt.com/mcp
- Authorisation metadata: https://transcript-yt.com/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/mcp
- Website: https://transcript-yt.com/docs#mcp
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/rajdeep-automation-transcriptyt/transcript-yt.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/rajdeep-automation-transcriptyt/transcript-yt.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/rajdeep-automation-transcriptyt/transcript-yt