search_transcript
Searches for a keyword or phrase and returns matching segments with timestamps
How to use it
search_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 search_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 dQw4w9WgXcQOther tools in Youtube MCP Cli (7)
Downloads audio as .mp3 (or m4a, flac, opus, ...)
Saves transcript as a .md file
Saves transcript as a .md file with timestamps
Downloads video+audio as .mp4
Returns title, channel, publish date, view count, duration, likes, and description
Fetches the full transcript as plain text
Transcript with [MM:SS] timestamps per segment