YouTube Transcript MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol server for extracting YouTube video transcripts. Fork of kimtaeyoon83/mcp-server-youtube-transcript, rewritten to use the youtube-transcript library and SponsorBlock for ad filtering.

Features

• Transcript extraction via youtube-transcript
• Ad/sponsor filtering using SponsorBlock community data (enabled by default)
• Automatic language fallback with translation instructions when requested language is unavailable
• Video metadata (title, author, subscribers, views, date)
• Support for multiple URL formats (watch, shorts, youtu.be, raw IDs)
• Optional timestamps

Configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "youtube-transcript": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@lunks/youtube-transcript-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Tool: get_transcript

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
url	string	required	YouTube video URL or ID
lang	string	"en"	Language code. Falls back to available language if not found.
include_timestamps	boolean	false	Include timestamps (e.g., [0:05] text)
strip_ads	boolean	true	Filter sponsored segments via SponsorBlock

License

MIT