# YouTube Transcript + YouTube Search MCP (slim)

> YouTube Transcript + YouTube Search MCP, an MCP server by getyoutubetranscript.com, listed from the official MCP registry. Indexed, not reviewed: facts and our own checks, no score or ranking. YouTube transcripts, search, channel browsing, and playlists for AI agents via MCP.

- Full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/getyoutubetranscript-youtube-transcript-and-youtube-search.md (~950 tokens) · this version ~880 tokens · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/getyoutubetranscript-youtube-transcript-and-youtube-search.json · canonical https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/getyoutubetranscript-youtube-transcript-and-youtube-search
- Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · Updated: 2026-10-04

# YouTube Transcript + YouTube Search MCP

> Indexed, not reviewed: facts from the official MCP registry and our own checks. No score, grade or rank, and not in the rankings until the panel reviews it. How the index works: https://www.anchorterminal.com/indexed/

- Kind: MCP server, by getyoutubetranscript.com (https://getyoutubetranscript.com)
- Category: Speech-to-text (https://www.anchorterminal.com/categories/speech-to-text.md)
- Listed because: It's published in the registry under getyoutubetranscript.com, a namespace the registry only gives to whoever proves they control that domain.
- What the official MCP registry says: YouTube transcripts, search, channel browsing, and playlists for AI agents via MCP.

## Facts

- MCP registry: `com.getyoutubetranscript/youtube-transcript-and-youtube-search` 1.0.0
- Endpoint: https://getyoutubetranscript.com/api/mcp (streamable HTTP)
- Source: https://github.com/tubeagentkit/youtube-mcp
- Website: https://getyoutubetranscript.com
- GitHub stars: 15
- Registry entry updated: 2026-09-12

## Tools

- Tools it lists (7, about 1,686 tokens of context, `tools/list` without credentials over MCP 2026-07-28, checked 2026-10-04 22:22 UTC):
  - `get_youtube_transcript` (read-only): Use this when the user shares a YouTube video link or ID, or asks to summarize, explain, quote, translate, take notes on, or chat about a specific YouTube…
  - `search_youtube` (read-only): Use this when the user wants to find YouTube videos or channels on a topic, for example 'find lectures on linear algebra' or 'popular videos about the Apollo…
  - `get_channel_latest_videos` (read-only): Use this when the user asks what a YouTube channel has posted recently, or wants a channel's details (name, description, links) with its newest uploads.…
  - `search_channel_videos` (read-only): Use this when the user wants videos from one specific YouTube channel about a topic, for example 'what has @hubermanlab said about sleep' or 'find the MIT…
  - `list_channel_videos` (read-only): Use this when the user wants to browse a YouTube channel's uploads beyond its latest videos, for example to see a creator's older episodes or find a video they…
  - `list_playlist_videos` (read-only): Use this when the user shares a YouTube playlist, or wants to work through a course, lecture series, or podcast playlist video by video (for example to build…
  - `get_credits` (read-only): Use this when the user asks how many credits their getyoutubetranscript.com account has left, or after another tool reports the account has no credits…
- How its tools read to an agent (0 errors, 0 warnings, 1 note, about 1,686 tokens; rules at https://www.anchorterminal.com/check.md; not part of the score):
  - note TC24 server: 7 of 7 tools have no outputSchema

- JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/getyoutubetranscript-youtube-transcript-and-youtube-search.json
- Being indexed says nothing about quality, and nobody can pay for it. Ask for a review: https://www.anchorterminal.com/builders/#claiming