download_transcript

MCP tool from Youtube MCP Cli by umbertotancorre

Saves transcript as a .md file

How to use it

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

Install Youtube MCP Cli

$npx @umbertotancorre/youtube-cli transcript dQw4w9WgXcQ

FULL YOUTUBE MCP CLI LISTING

Other tools in Youtube MCP Cli (7)

download_audio

Downloads audio as .mp3 (or m4a, flac, opus, ...)

download_transcript_timed

Saves transcript as a .md file with timestamps

download_video

Downloads video+audio as .mp4

get_metadata

Returns title, channel, publish date, view count, duration, likes, and description