# YouTube Transcript MCP Server

> Use this tool when you need to analyze or summarize video content from YouTube without manual effort. It retrieves transcripts from YouTube videos, supporting multiple languages and timestamp control, to enable efficient content analysis and quote extraction. Ideal for use cases requiring automated video summarization, content review, or language translation, with input of YouTube video URLs and output of transcripts in various languages.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/hancengiz-youtube-transcript-mcp  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/hancengiz-youtube-transcript-mcp

## Description

Retrieves transcripts from YouTube videos with support for multiple languages, timestamp control, and language detection. Enables video content analysis, summarization, and quote extraction without manually downloading or watching videos.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.82
- **Verification tier:** verified
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-28

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** social-media
- **Updated:** 2026-09-28

## Source

- **Source listing:** [Glama](https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/szpwdccxj8)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/hancengiz/youtube-transcript-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": "hancengiz-youtube-transcript-mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/hancengiz-youtube-transcript-mcp` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/hancengiz-youtube-transcript-mcp/pull`

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