# TranscriptAPI — YouTube transcripts (transcriptapi.io) (slim)

> TranscriptAPI — YouTube transcripts (transcriptapi.io), an MCP server by transcriptapi.io, listed from the official MCP registry. Indexed, not reviewed: facts and our own checks, no score or ranking. YouTube transcripts, search, channels and playlists for AI agents, by…

- Full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/transcriptapi-youtube-transcript.md (~500 tokens) · this version ~430 tokens · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/transcriptapi-youtube-transcript.json · canonical https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/transcriptapi-youtube-transcript
- Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · MCP: https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp · Updated: 2026-10-18
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# TranscriptAPI — YouTube transcripts (transcriptapi.io)

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

## Facts

- MCP registry: `io.transcriptapi/youtube-transcript` 0.1.1
- Endpoint: https://api.transcriptapi.io/mcp (streamable HTTP)
- Package: npm `transcriptapi-mcp` (stdio)
- Website: https://transcriptapi.io/mcp
- npm downloads a week: 8
- Registry entry updated: 2026-10-17

- Create a video and download its frames: https://www.anchorterminal.com/assets/listing-video/index.html?listing=transcriptapi-youtube-transcript
- JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/transcriptapi-youtube-transcript.json
- Being indexed says nothing about quality, and nobody can pay for it. Ask for a review: https://www.anchorterminal.com/builders/#claiming