Transcripts of YouTube videos and Shorts in bulk, with timestamps. Runs on Apify.
Setup
Choose your client, copy the config, then fill in any required environment variables.
claude mcp add --transport http youtube-transcript-scraper 'https://mcp.apify.com?tools=hirepulse/youtube-transcript-scraper' --header 'Authorization: <AUTHORIZATION>'~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.youtube-transcript-scraper]
url = "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=hirepulse/youtube-transcript-scraper"
http_headers = { Authorization = "<AUTHORIZATION>" }
# codex mcp add youtube-transcript-scraper --url 'https://mcp.apify.com?tools=hirepulse/youtube-transcript-scraper'~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"youtube-transcript-scraper": {
"url": "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=hirepulse/youtube-transcript-scraper",
"headers": {
"Authorization": "<AUTHORIZATION>"
}
}
}
}.vscode/mcp.json
{
"servers": {
"youtube-transcript-scraper": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=hirepulse/youtube-transcript-scraper",
"headers": {
"Authorization": "<AUTHORIZATION>"
}
}
}
}~/.gemini/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"youtube-transcript-scraper": {
"httpUrl": "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=hirepulse/youtube-transcript-scraper",
"headers": {
"Authorization": "<AUTHORIZATION>"
}
}
}
}claude_desktop_config.json · Customize › Connectors › Add custom connector
{
"mcpServers": {
"youtube-transcript-scraper": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-remote",
"https://mcp.apify.com?tools=hirepulse/youtube-transcript-scraper",
"--header",
"Authorization:<AUTHORIZATION>"
]
}
}
}.trae/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"youtube-transcript-scraper": {
"url": "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=hirepulse/youtube-transcript-scraper",
"headers": {
"Authorization": "<AUTHORIZATION>"
}
}
}
}