YouTube Transcript API — Extract, transcribe, and translate YouTube videos at scale. Supports captions, audio transcription (ASR), batch processing, and 100+ languages. https://youtubetranscript.dev
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{
"mcpServers": {
"youtube-transcript-api": {
"command": "node",
"args": ["/path/to/Youtube-Transcript-API/dist/index.js"]
}
}
}~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (Mac) or %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json (Windows).<placeholder> values with your API keys or paths.Skills overview
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Youtube-Transcript-Dev/Youtube-Transcript-API is skills for the Claude AI ecosystem. YouTube Transcript API — Extract, transcribe, and translate YouTube videos at scale. Supports captions, audio transcription (ASR), batch processing, and 100+ languages. https://youtubetranscript.dev It has 6 GitHub stars and was last updated 1mo ago.
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You can install Youtube-Transcript-API by cloning the repository (https://github.com/Youtube-Transcript-Dev/Youtube-Transcript-API) or following the README instructions on GitHub. ClaudeWave also provides quick install blocks on this page.
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Youtube-Transcript-Dev/Youtube-Transcript-API is maintained by Youtube-Transcript-Dev. The last recorded GitHub activity is from 1mo ago, with 0 open issues.
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