INDIVIDUAL MCP TOOL

list_channel_videos

List videos from a channel's Videos tab, newest first.

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LIVE ENDPOINT

https://api.transcriptout.com/mcp

No auth detected

Connect to this endpoint to inspect the live schema for list_channel_videos and invoke it with your own arguments.

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Inferred read-only · medium confidence · heuristic, not a guarantee.

No write-capable action terms were found; this is not proof that invocation has no side effects.

CONNECT WITH APPROVAL

Review this server and its permissions before adding it. Secret placeholders must be set locally.

Codex

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.youtube-transcript-api]
url = "https://api.transcriptout.com/mcp"
enabled = true

Claude Code

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "youtube-transcript-api": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.transcriptout.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

Name: youtube-transcript-api
Remote MCP URL: https://api.transcriptout.com/mcp

Add this remote URL as a custom connector in Claude Desktop. Availability depends on the user plan and workspace policy.

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "youtube-transcript-api": {
      "url": "https://api.transcriptout.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Visual Studio Code

.vscode/mcp.json

Add to Visual Studio Code

{
  "servers": {
    "youtube-transcript-api": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.transcriptout.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Generic MCP

Client-specific MCP configuration

{
  "name": "youtube-transcript-api",
  "transport": "streamable-http",
  "url": "https://api.transcriptout.com/mcp"
}

MCP Inspector

Run the official MCP Inspector locally and enter the indexed Streamable HTTP endpoint.

get_transcript — Get the transcript (subtitles) of a YouTube video.
get_video_info — Get metadata for one YouTube video (title, channel, duration, views, thumbnails) plus the list of available transcript languages, WITHOUT downloading the subtitles.
search_youtube — Search YouTube for videos or channels.
search_channel_videos — Search videos inside one channel using YouTube's native relevance search.
latest_channel_videos — Get the ~15 most recent videos of a channel from its RSS feed.
list_playlist_videos — List videos of a playlist in playlist order.
search_playlist_videos — Find videos inside a playlist by a substring of the title (case-insensitive).
submit_transcripts_job — Queue transcripts for MANY videos at once (up to 4000) and get a job_id back immediately — the work continues in the background.