# ytt-mcp

> Use this tool when you need to access and analyze text content from YouTube videos, enabling tasks like video summarization and key takeaway extraction. It fetches transcripts for YouTube videos, providing AI tools with the input they need to perform tasks like content analysis. The ytt-mcp server takes video identifiers as input and outputs corresponding video transcripts.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/cottongeeks-ytt-mcp  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/cottongeeks-ytt-mcp

## Description

An MCP server designed to fetch transcripts for YouTube videos. It enables AI tools to access video text content for tasks like summarization, analysis, and key takeaway extraction.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.60
- **Verification tier:** unverified

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** social-media
- **Updated:** 2026-05-02

## Source

- **Source listing:** [Glama](https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/cxav8ab1la)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/cottongeeks/ytt-mcp>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "cottongeeks-ytt-mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/cottongeeks-ytt-mcp` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/cottongeeks-ytt-mcp/pull`

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