YouTube Transcript API

Name: YouTube Transcript API
Author: catalyst-labs-dev

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Transcripts + metadata from YouTube videos, Shorts, channels, playlists and search; text/SRT/VTT.

Setup

Choose your client, copy the config, then fill in any required environment variables.

Add to Cursor Add to VS Code

claude mcp add --transport http youtube-transcript-api 'https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=catalyst-labs/youtube-transcript-api' --header 'Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_TOKEN>'

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.youtube-transcript-api]
url = "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=catalyst-labs/youtube-transcript-api"
bearer_token_env_var = "YOUTUBE_TRANSCRIPT_API_APIFY_TOKEN"

# codex mcp add youtube-transcript-api --url 'https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=catalyst-labs/youtube-transcript-api' --bearer-token-env-var YOUTUBE_TRANSCRIPT_API_APIFY_TOKEN
# export YOUTUBE_TRANSCRIPT_API_APIFY_TOKEN=<APIFY_TOKEN>

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "youtube-transcript-api": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=catalyst-labs/youtube-transcript-api",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer <APIFY_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "youtube-transcript-api": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=catalyst-labs/youtube-transcript-api",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer <APIFY_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

~/.gemini/settings.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "youtube-transcript-api": {
      "httpUrl": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=catalyst-labs/youtube-transcript-api",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer <APIFY_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

claude_desktop_config.json · Customize › Connectors › Add custom connector

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "youtube-transcript-api": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=catalyst-labs/youtube-transcript-api",
        "--header",
        "Authorization:${AUTH_HEADER}"
      ],
      "env": {
        "AUTH_HEADER": "Bearer <APIFY_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

.trae/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "youtube-transcript-api": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=catalyst-labs/youtube-transcript-api",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer <APIFY_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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