INDIVIDUAL MCP TOOL
search_playlist_videos
Find videos inside a playlist by a substring of the title (case-insensitive).
LIVE ENDPOINT
https://api.transcriptout.com/mcp
Connect to this endpoint to inspect the live schema for search_playlist_videos and invoke it with your own arguments.
Indexed input schema
{}Risk classification
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.
Parent server
CONNECT WITH APPROVAL
Client installation
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.
Related tools
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.list_channel_videos— List videos from a channel's Videos tab, newest first.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.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.