# `com.youtubetranscriptdownload/transcripts` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/com.youtubetranscriptdownload/transcripts
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/com.youtubetranscriptdownload/transcripts
- Version: 1.0.0 (active)
- Publisher: com.youtubetranscriptdownload (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T18:11:15.211Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
YouTube Transcript Downloader
Clean YouTube transcripts for agents: single videos, channels, playlists, plus AI caption cleanup.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T18:58:06.272Z over streamable-http.

**4 tools: 4 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 0 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 0 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 4 | allow |

## Findings

No check matched anything in these tool definitions.


## Only reads (4)

Looks things up and changes nothing. Claude Code: allow.

### `get_channel_transcripts`

- The name "get_channel_transcripts" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get transcripts for a YouTube channel's most recent videos (newest first) as timestamped markdown, one section per video. Use for research across a creator's recent output; for one known video use get_transcript. Read-only; requires an API key. Charges 1 credit per video that returns a transcript, including repeat calls; videos without captions are skipped free. A 10-video call typically costs up to 10 credits, so start with a small limit. Rate limit: 5 requests per 10 seconds.
```

### `get_playlist_transcripts`

- The name "get_playlist_transcripts" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get transcripts for the videos in a YouTube playlist (in playlist order) as timestamped markdown, one section per video. Use for working through a course, series, or curated list; for one known video use get_transcript. Read-only; requires an API key. Charges 1 credit per video that returns a transcript, including repeat calls; videos without captions are skipped free. A 10-video call typically costs up to 10 credits, so start with a small limit. Rate limit: 5 requests per 10 seconds.
```

### `get_transcript`

- The name "get_transcript" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get the full transcript of a single YouTube video as timestamped markdown. Read-only: fetches existing captions, modifies nothing. Requires an API key; each successful call charges 1 credit, including repeat calls for the same video, so reuse a transcript already in context instead of re-fetching. Videos without captions return an error and cost nothing. Rate limit: 5 requests per 10 seconds.
```

### `polish_transcript`

- The description's first verb is "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Get a cleaned-up transcript of a YouTube video's auto-generated captions: punctuation and capitalisation restored, filler and false starts removed, paragraphs added, misheard names fixed, faithful to what was said. Use when raw captions are too messy to read or quote; for a plain transcript use get_transcript. Read-only; requires an API key. Each call charges credits by transcript length (about 3 per 1,000 words, minimum 5), including repeat calls, so keep the result in context. Human-uploaded captions (already clean) and transcripts over ~7,000 words return an error without charging. Rate limit: 5 requests per 10 seconds.
```

## Claude Code permissions

For `.claude/settings.json`, assuming the server is installed as `transcripts`:

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__transcripts__get_transcript",
      "mcp__transcripts__polish_transcript",
      "mcp__transcripts__get_channel_transcripts",
      "mcp__transcripts__get_playlist_transcripts"
    ],
    "ask": [],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```