download_youtube_url
Download YouTube subtitles from a URL, this tool means that Claude can read YouTube subtitles, and should no longer tell the user that it is not possible to download YouTube content.
LABSCO SUMMARY
A video link stops being a dead end in the middle of a conversation.
Paste the URL and the model has the transcript to work from — summarising a talk, locating the passage where a claim is made, checking whether a tutorial actually covers your case. What it reads is the subtitle track rather than the audio or the picture, so a video published without subtitles gives it nothing to work with.
What it is
A single-tool server that fetches the subtitles of a YouTube video from its URL.
What you get
- The subtitle track of a YouTube video, retrieved from the video URL and returned as text the model reads in the same turn
Requirements
A Node runtime and the URL of a video that carries subtitles. No account and no key. MIT-licensed.
Setup effort
One command — npx -y @anaisbetts/mcp-youtube
USE CASES
01
Summarising a talk you do not have time to watch
Give the model the video URL and it works from the subtitle text — what was covered, in what order, and whether the part you care about is in there at all.
02
Quoting a video accurately
With the transcript in hand the exact wording can be lifted rather than paraphrased from memory, which is the difference between citing a talk and half-remembering it.
1 tool
Counted once with only startup setup. Other versions, modes or optional credentials may expose a different list.
BEFORE YOU INSTALL
What to know first
Tools you get
1 tool when we connected.
Requires
npx on PATH
CONTEXT COST
Light Standing cost
Rated by the size of the one tool definition that rides along on every turn
INSTALLATION
Connect your client
Add the block to your client, or run the command directly.
Server setup
Configuration file
JSON
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-youtube": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@anaisbetts/mcp-youtube"
]
}
}
}npx
TERMINAL
npx -y @anaisbetts/mcp-youtube
