Transcribes YouTube videos with yt-dlp and OpenAI Whisper, splitting long transcripts into chunks.
Setup
Choose your client, copy the config, then fill in any required environment variables.
claude mcp add youtube-transcriber -- npx mcp-remote http://localhost:7001/sse --header Authorization:YOUR-TOKEN --allow-http~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.youtube-transcriber]
command = "npx"
args = ["mcp-remote", "http://localhost:7001/sse", "--header", "Authorization:YOUR-TOKEN", "--allow-http"]
# codex mcp add youtube-transcriber -- npx mcp-remote http://localhost:7001/sse --header Authorization:YOUR-TOKEN --allow-http~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"youtube-transcriber": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"mcp-remote",
"http://localhost:7001/sse",
"--header",
"Authorization:YOUR-TOKEN",
"--allow-http"
]
}
}
}.vscode/mcp.json
{
"servers": {
"youtube-transcriber": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"mcp-remote",
"http://localhost:7001/sse",
"--header",
"Authorization:YOUR-TOKEN",
"--allow-http"
]
}
}
}~/.gemini/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"youtube-transcriber": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"mcp-remote",
"http://localhost:7001/sse",
"--header",
"Authorization:YOUR-TOKEN",
"--allow-http"
]
}
}
}claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"youtube-transcriber": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"mcp-remote",
"http://localhost:7001/sse",
"--header",
"Authorization:YOUR-TOKEN",
"--allow-http"
]
}
}
}.trae/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"youtube-transcriber": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"mcp-remote",
"http://localhost:7001/sse",
"--header",
"Authorization:YOUR-TOKEN",
"--allow-http"
]
}
}
}