Ytt Mcp

Name: Ytt Mcp
Author: cottongeeks

by cottongeeks

MCP server to fetch YouTube transcripts

71 0 tools GitHub

No known CVEs

MIT license

Stale

Last commit 227d ago

Works with most clients

Transport: stdio, sse

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Grade F

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Entertainment Data

Step 1

Install in your client

Config is the same across clients — only the file and path differ.

Supported in Claude Desktopstdio, sse · Node 18+

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ytt-mcp": {
      "command": "<see-readme>",
      "args": []
    }
  }
}

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What Ytt Mcp does

MCP Server to fetch transcripts for YouTube videos.

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Is Ytt Mcp safe to use?: Ytt Mcp has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments. Licensed under MIT.
How do I install Ytt Mcp?: Ytt Mcp can be installed by cloning its GitHub repository and following the setup instructions in the README.
What AI clients work with Ytt Mcp?: Ytt Mcp is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse transport.
Is Ytt Mcp actively maintained?: Ytt Mcp is less actively maintained — last commit was 227 days ago. It has 71 GitHub stars.

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Claude Desktop

Go to Settings → Developer, and then click on Edit Config. This will open the claude-desktop-config.json file in your default editor. Make the following addition

{ "mcpServers": { …<rest of the config>… "ytt-mcp": { "command": "uvx", "args": ["ytt-mcp"] } } }

Relaunch Claude config and try out the server as shown in the screenshot below

Raycast

If you are using Raycast, you can install the MCP server by invoking the Install Server command from the MCP extension.

After that you can refer to the MCP server as @youtube-transcript and interact with it. You can also use it in a Raycast AI Command with a prompt. For example, here is a prompt I use to extract and summarize a YouTube URL in the clipboard

@youtube-transcript fetch the Youtube transcript of the video: {clipboard | raw} Comprehensively summarize the transcript with the following format: """ ### Key Takeaways - <EXACTLY three bullet points with the key takeaways, keep the bullet points as short as possible> """ ### Theme Wise Breakdown <divide the transcript into thematic sections and summarize each section comprehensively. reuse any existing section delimiters the article already has. If not add your own. keep the content of the breakdown in the same order as it appears in the webpage text.> Some rules to follow precisely: - ALWAYS capture the perspective and POV of the author - NEVER come up with additional information

See video demo below

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Ytt Mcp safe to use?

Ytt Mcp has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments. Licensed under MIT.

How do I install Ytt Mcp?

Ytt Mcp can be installed by cloning its GitHub repository and following the setup instructions in the README.

What AI clients work with Ytt Mcp?

Ytt Mcp is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and sse transport.

Is Ytt Mcp actively maintained?

Ytt Mcp is less actively maintained — last commit was 227 days ago. It has 71 GitHub stars.

ytt-mcp: YouTube Transcript MCP Server

MCP Server to fetch transcripts for YouTube videos.

Installing and Running

The most convenient way to install and run is to use uv and then invoke the package using uvx

Using MCP Inspector (for development/debugging/testing only)

uv run fastmcp dev ytt_mcp.py

This will generate a localhost URL that can be used to examine and test out the server.

Claude Desktop

Go to Settings → Developer, and then click on Edit Config. This will open the claude-desktop-config.json file in your default editor. Make the following addition

{
  "mcpServers": {
    …<rest of the config>…
    "ytt-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["ytt-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Relaunch Claude config and try out the server as shown in the screenshot below

Raycast

If you are using Raycast, you can install the MCP server by invoking the Install Server command from the MCP extension.

@youtube-transcript fetch the Youtube transcript of the video: {clipboard | raw}

Comprehensively summarize the transcript with the following format:
"""
### Key Takeaways

- <EXACTLY three bullet points with the key takeaways, keep the bullet points as short as possible>
"""

### Theme Wise Breakdown
<divide the transcript into thematic sections and summarize each section comprehensively. reuse any existing section delimiters the article already has. If not add your own. keep the content of the breakdown in the same order as it appears in the webpage text.>

Some rules to follow precisely:
- ALWAYS capture the perspective and POV of the author
- NEVER come up with additional information

See video demo below

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/e6530768-3483-4cb9-988a-7ec7a999d505