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Faceabot YouTube transcript

by faceabot.com · remote · no sign-in to list tools · v1.0.0 · published by com.faceabot

What is said in a YouTube video: transcript with timestamps, title and channel. Free, no key.

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1 tool: 1 only read.

Scanned Oct 21, 2026

No check matched anything in the tool definitions. No finding is not a safety guarantee. How the checks work.

claude mcp add --transport http youtube https://youtube.faceabot.com/mcp

Tools

Open a tool for its reasons and full description. Descriptions are the publisher's own words, shown as they are.

1 tool

Only reads 1Claude Code: allow
  • get_youtube_transcriptReturns the title, channel, duration and full transcript (subtitles or automatic captions) of a public YouTube video, with a timestamp every 30 seconds.No findings

    Why it is in this group

    • The name "get_youtube_transcript" says "get": a word for reading.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    Returns the title, channel, duration and full transcript (subtitles or automatic captions) of a public YouTube video, with a timestamp every 30 seconds. Can translate the captions (lang). Use when: you need to know what is said in a YouTube video, summarize it or quote it. Example: {"video":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"}

    Annotations the server declares

    • readOnlyHint: true
    • destructiveHint: false
    • idempotentHint: true
    • openWorldHint: true

This is not a safety rating, and no finding is not a safety guarantee. The groups and findings come from fixed checks of the tool definitions the server returned on the date shown, not from its code or what it does when called. How the checks work.

Install

Pinned to version 1.0.0. Values in angle brackets are yours to fill in.

claude mcp add --transport http youtube https://youtube.faceabot.com/mcp

Run in a terminal.

Claude Code permissions

Allow the reads, ask before a change, deny the deletes. Paste into .claude/settings.json.

.claude/settings.json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__youtube__get_youtube_transcript"
    ],
    "ask": [],
    "deny": []
  }
}

Tools that only read are allowed, tools that change things ask first, tools that delete or cancel are denied. It assumes the server is installed as youtube. Review it before you use it.