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YouTube Subtitles

YouTube Subtitles

kazuph

Downloads YouTube video transcripts and metadata so you can ask natural language questions about video content. Supports multiple languages including Japanese, English, Korean, Chinese, and French.

Integrates YouTube subtitle retrieval for natural language queries about video content.

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What it does

  • Download YouTube video transcripts
  • Extract video metadata
  • Query video content in natural language
  • Select subtitle language by ISO code
  • Summarize YouTube videos

Best for

Content creators analyzing competitor videosResearchers extracting information from educational contentStudents summarizing lecture videosAnyone wanting to quickly understand video content without watching
Multi-language subtitle supportRequires yt-dlp local installation

About YouTube Subtitles

YouTube Subtitles is a community-built MCP server published by kazuph that provides AI assistants with tools and capabilities via the Model Context Protocol. Retrieve and transcribe YouTube transcripts with natural language queries. Easily get YouTube transcript or convert YouT It is categorized under search web, other. This server exposes 1 tool that AI clients can invoke during conversations and coding sessions.

How to install

You can install YouTube Subtitles in your AI client of choice. Use the install panel on this page to get one-click setup for Cursor, Claude Desktop, VS Code, and other MCP-compatible clients. This server runs locally on your machine via the stdio transport.

License

YouTube Subtitles is released under the MIT license. This is a permissive open-source license, meaning you can freely use, modify, and distribute the software.

Tools (1)

get_youtube_transcript

Download YouTube video transcript and metadata

YouTube MCP Server

Uses yt-dlp to download subtitles from YouTube and connects it to claude.ai via Model Context Protocol. Try it by asking Claude, "Summarize the YouTube video <>". Requires yt-dlp to be installed locally e.g. via Homebrew.

How do I get this working?

Install yt-dlp (Homebrew and WinGet both work great here)

# macOS
brew install yt-dlp

# Windows
winget install yt-dlp

Parameters

  • url: YouTube video URL (required)
  • language: Subtitle language code (optional, default: 'ja')
    • Uses ISO 639-1 language codes
    • Common language codes:
      • ja: Japanese
      • en: English
      • ko: Korean
      • zh: Chinese
      • fr: French
    • Note: An error will occur if subtitles in the specified language do not exist

Example

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

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