fetch_youtube_transcript

MCP tool from Fetch MCP by zcaceres

Fetch a YouTube video's captions/transcript. Uses yt-dlp if available, otherwise extracts directly from the page. Accepts an additional lang parameter (default: "en") to select the caption language.

How to use it

Project documentation lists fetch_youtube_transcript for the Fetch MCP MCP server. Add the server to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf and others), then check which tools your installed version makes available. Tool availability can depend on configuration and credentials. A server handshake does not verify this tool’s behavior. See the full listing for setup details.

Install Fetch MCP

$npx mcp-fetch <command> <url> [flags]

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