get_timed_transcript

MCP tool from MCP Youtube Transcript by sinco-lab

Fetches transcript text with one timestamped line per caption segment.

How to use it

get_timed_transcript is exposed by the MCP Youtube Transcript MCP server. Add the server to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf and others), and the get_timed_transcript tool becomes available to the model automatically. See the full listing for setup details and every tool this server provides.

Install MCP Youtube Transcript

$npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector node "dist/index.js"

FULL MCP YOUTUBE TRANSCRIPT LISTING

Other tools in MCP Youtube Transcript (7)

enableParagraphs

(boolean, optional): Enable paragraph mode. Default: false.

get_available_languages

Lists available transcript languages for a YouTube video. Use this before retrying with a specific lang value.

get_transcript

Alias of gettranscripts for compatibility with other YouTube transcript MCP servers.

get_transcripts

Fetches transcript text from a YouTube video.

get_video_info

Fetches basic video metadata and available transcript languages without returning the full transcript.

lang

(string, optional): Language code. If omitted, the best available caption track is used.

url

(string, required): YouTube video URL or ID