url
(string, required): YouTube video URL or ID
How to use it
url is exposed by the MCP Youtube Transcript MCP server. Add the server to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf and others), and the url 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"Other tools in MCP Youtube Transcript (7)
(boolean, optional): Enable paragraph mode. Default: false.
Lists available transcript languages for a YouTube video. Use this before retrying with a specific lang value.
Fetches transcript text with one timestamped line per caption segment.
Alias of gettranscripts for compatibility with other YouTube transcript MCP servers.
Fetches transcript text from a YouTube video.
Fetches basic video metadata and available transcript languages without returning the full transcript.
(string, optional): Language code. If omitted, the best available caption track is used.