get_youtube_transcriptLABSCO SUMMARY
Read the video instead of watching it.
A transcript turns forty minutes of video into text an assistant can summarise or quote, and the search and channel tools are how you decide which videos are worth that.
What it is
A FastMCP server over the YouTube Data API and video subtitles. Three tools: extract a full transcript from a video URL, search videos by keyword with their metadata, and get a channel's information and latest videos from any of its video URLs.
What you get
- The full transcript of a video from its URL, in Korean or English
- Videos matched to a keyword, with views, likes and thumbnails
- A channel's metadata and recent uploads, resolved from any video URL belonging to it
Requirements
A YouTube Data API key in the environment. Runs through uvx against youtubeinsights-mcp-server with nothing to install first, or from source with uv. Transcript coverage depends on the video having subtitles in ko or en.
Setup effort
Add the configuration to your client
USE CASES
01
Summarising a video without watching it
The transcript comes back in full from the URL, so the summary is made from what was actually said.
02
Finding what is being said about a topic
Keyword search returns videos with views and likes attached, which is enough to rank them.
03
Sizing up a channel's recent run
Channel metadata and latest uploads, resolved from a single video link you already have.
04
Researching a competitor's content
Search the topic, look at the channels behind the top results, then read the transcripts that matter.
3 tools
Listed in project docs. Your client may show a different list.
search_youtube_videosget_channel_infoBEFORE YOU INSTALL
What to know first
Tools you get
3 tools named in the project's documentation.
Requires
- uvx on PATH
- YOUTUBE_API_KEY in your environment
Where it runs
The documented client runs the server on your machine.
INSTALLATION
Connect your client
MCP Clients
Claude Desktop — uvx
CLAUDE DESKTOP — UVX · JSON
{
"mcpServers": {
"youtubeinsights": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"youtubeinsights-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"YOUTUBE_API_KEY": "<YOUR_YOUTUBE_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}
