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TranscriptAPI — Instant YouTube & Video Transcripts MCP Server
Give your AI agents accurate, timestamped transcripts, speaker turns, and chapter metadata from any YouTube video or public audio/video URL in milliseconds
⚡ 1-Click Agent & Developer Install
Zero Auth · Ready for Grok Bot, Claude Code & Cursorclaude mcp add --transport http transcriptapi https://transcriptapi.com/mcp
Copy-Paste System Prompt / Routine Blueprint:
Connect to the TranscriptAPI — Instant YouTube & Video Transcripts MCP Server (transcriptapi) MCP server using `claude mcp add --transport http transcriptapi https://transcriptapi.com/mcp`. First run a read-only discovery check invoking `get_video_transcript` to verify connectivity and credentials, then summarize the structured response and ask before executing any state-modifying tool calls.
Synthesized Engineering Blueprint & Setup Guide
### Server Architecture & Capability Summary
**TranscriptAPI — Instant YouTube & Video Transcripts MCP Server** (`transcriptapi`) is a verified **STREAMABLE-HTTP** Model Context Protocol (MCP) server curated with **@transcriptapi** for Grok Bot, Claude Code, and Cursor.
Give your AI agents accurate, timestamped transcripts, speaker turns, and chapter metadata from any YouTube video or public audio/video URL in milliseconds.
### 1-Click CLI Installation
Run the command below to register `transcriptapi` in Claude Code or your MCP client:
```bash
claude mcp add --transport http transcriptapi https://transcriptapi.com/mcp
```
### Standard `mcpServers` JSON Configuration (`.cursor/mcp.json` / `claude_desktop_config.json`)
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"transcriptapi": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://transcriptapi.com/mcp",
"headers": {
"Authorization": "Bearer ${API_KEY}"
}
}
}
}
```
### Exposed MCP Tools
- `get_video_transcript` — Deterministic JSON-RPC 2.0 tool exposed by `transcriptapi`.
- `search_transcript_segments` — Deterministic JSON-RPC 2.0 tool exposed by `transcriptapi`.
- `list_video_chapters` — Deterministic JSON-RPC 2.0 tool exposed by `transcriptapi`.
- `summarize_channel_uploads` — Deterministic JSON-RPC 2.0 tool exposed by `transcriptapi`.
### Authentication & Environment Variables
- **Transport Protocol:** `streamable-http`
- **Auth Mechanism:** `bearer`
- `TRANSCRIPTAPI_KEY`: `your_transcriptapi_key`
- **Documentation / Source:** [https://transcriptapi.com](https://transcriptapi.com)
Tags: #transcriptapi#streamable-http#research#mcp-server#get-video-transcript#search-transcript-segments
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