Youtube Transcript MCP Server

This MCP server retrieves transcripts for given YouTube video URLs.

Installation

Installing via Smithery

To install Youtube Transcript for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:

npx -y @smithery/cli install @jkawamoto/mcp-youtube-transcript --client claude

For Goose CLI

To enable the YouTube Transcript extension in Goose CLI, edit the configuration file ~/.config/goose/config.yaml to include the following entry:

extensions:
  youtube-transcript:
    name: Youtube Transcript
    cmd: uvx
    args: [--from, git+https://github.com/jkawamoto/mcp-youtube-transcript, mcp-youtube-transcript]
    enabled: true
    type: stdio

For Goose Desktop

Add a new extension with the following settings:

• Type: Standard IO
• ID: youtube-transcript
• Name: Youtube Transcript
• Description: Retrieve transcripts of YouTube videos
• Command: uvx --from git+https://github.com/jkawamoto/mcp-youtube-transcript mcp-youtube-transcript

For more details on configuring MCP servers in Goose Desktop, refer to the documentation: Using Extensions - MCP Servers.

License

This application is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for more details.