Add it to Claude Code
claude mcp add ytt-mcp -- uvx ytt-mcpMake your agent remember this setup
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What it does
- Fetches full text transcripts for YouTube videos
- Enables AI-powered summarization of video content
- Supports thematic breakdown and analysis of video transcripts
- Compatible with Claude Desktop and Raycast
Tools 1
fetch_transcriptFetches the transcript for a given YouTube video URL.Try it
Original README from cottongeeks/ytt-mcp
ytt-mcp: YouTube Transcript MCP Server
MCP Server to fetch transcripts for YouTube videos.
Installing and Running
The most convenient way to install and run is to use uv and then invoke the package using uvx
Using MCP Inspector (for development/debugging/testing only)
uv run fastmcp dev ytt_mcp.py
This will generate a localhost URL that can be used to examine and test out the server.
Claude Desktop
Go to Settings → Developer, and then click on Edit Config. This will open the claude-desktop-config.json file in your default editor. Make the following addition
{
"mcpServers": {
…<rest of the config>…
"ytt-mcp": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": ["ytt-mcp"]
}
}
}
Relaunch Claude config and try out the server as shown in the screenshot below
Raycast
If you are using Raycast, you can install the MCP server by invoking the Install Server command from the MCP extension.
After that you can refer to the MCP server as @youtube-transcript and interact with it. You can also use it in a Raycast AI Command with a prompt. For example, here is a prompt I use to extract and summarize a YouTube URL in the clipboard
@youtube-transcript fetch the Youtube transcript of the video: {clipboard | raw}
Comprehensively summarize the transcript with the following format:
"""
### Key Takeaways
- <EXACTLY three bullet points with the key takeaways, keep the bullet points as short as possible>
"""
### Theme Wise Breakdown
Some rules to follow precisely:
- ALWAYS capture the perspective and POV of the author
- NEVER come up with additional information
See video demo below
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/e6530768-3483-4cb9-988a-7ec7a999d505