TranscriptAPI — YouTube transcripts (transcriptapi.io)

claude mcp add transcriptapi-youtube-transcripts-transc --env TRANSCRIPTAPI_KEY='<TRANSCRIPTAPI_KEY>' -- npx -y transcriptapi-mcp

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.transcriptapi-youtube-transcripts-transc]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "transcriptapi-mcp"]
env = { TRANSCRIPTAPI_KEY = "<TRANSCRIPTAPI_KEY>" }

# codex mcp add transcriptapi-youtube-transcripts-transc --env TRANSCRIPTAPI_KEY='<TRANSCRIPTAPI_KEY>' -- npx -y transcriptapi-mcp

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "transcriptapi-youtube-transcripts-transc": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "transcriptapi-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TRANSCRIPTAPI_KEY": "<TRANSCRIPTAPI_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "transcriptapi-youtube-transcripts-transc": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "transcriptapi-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TRANSCRIPTAPI_KEY": "<TRANSCRIPTAPI_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

~/.gemini/settings.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "transcriptapi-youtube-transcripts-transc": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "transcriptapi-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TRANSCRIPTAPI_KEY": "<TRANSCRIPTAPI_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "transcriptapi-youtube-transcripts-transc": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "transcriptapi-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TRANSCRIPTAPI_KEY": "<TRANSCRIPTAPI_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

.trae/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "transcriptapi-youtube-transcripts-transc": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "transcriptapi-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TRANSCRIPTAPI_KEY": "<TRANSCRIPTAPI_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

claude mcp add --transport http transcriptapi-youtube-transcripts-transc https://api.transcriptapi.io/mcp --header 'Authorization: Bearer <API_KEY>'

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.transcriptapi-youtube-transcripts-transc]
url = "https://api.transcriptapi.io/mcp"
bearer_token_env_var = "TRANSCRIPTAPI_YOUTUBE_TRANSCRIPTS_TRANSC_API_KEY"

# codex mcp add transcriptapi-youtube-transcripts-transc --url https://api.transcriptapi.io/mcp --bearer-token-env-var TRANSCRIPTAPI_YOUTUBE_TRANSCRIPTS_TRANSC_API_KEY
# export TRANSCRIPTAPI_YOUTUBE_TRANSCRIPTS_TRANSC_API_KEY=<API_KEY>

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "transcriptapi-youtube-transcripts-transc": {
      "url": "https://api.transcriptapi.io/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer <API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "transcriptapi-youtube-transcripts-transc": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.transcriptapi.io/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer <API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

~/.gemini/settings.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "transcriptapi-youtube-transcripts-transc": {
      "httpUrl": "https://api.transcriptapi.io/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer <API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

claude_desktop_config.json · Customize › Connectors › Add custom connector

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "transcriptapi-youtube-transcripts-transc": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://api.transcriptapi.io/mcp",
        "--header",
        "Authorization:${AUTH_HEADER}"
      ],
      "env": {
        "AUTH_HEADER": "Bearer <API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

.trae/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "transcriptapi-youtube-transcripts-transc": {
      "url": "https://api.transcriptapi.io/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer <API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}