# `io.transcriptapi/youtube-transcript` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/io.transcriptapi/youtube-transcript
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/io.transcriptapi/youtube-transcript
- Version: 0.1.1 (active)
- Publisher: io.transcriptapi (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http), local (npm)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T18:52:51.714Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
TranscriptAPI — YouTube transcripts (transcriptapi.io)
YouTube transcripts, search, channels and playlists for AI agents, by transcriptapi.io.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T19:17:49.721Z over streamable-http.

**5 tools: 5 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 | 5 | allow |

## Findings

No check matched anything in these tool definitions.


## Only reads (5)

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

### `get_channel_videos`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List the most recent uploads of a YouTube channel, newest first. Accepts a channel id (UC…), a handle (@name) or a channel URL. Returns ids, titles, durations, view counts and publish dates.
```

### `get_playlist_videos`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List the videos in a YouTube playlist, in playlist order. Accepts a playlist URL (anything with list=…) or the playlist id. Returns ids and titles for get_youtube_transcript.
```

### `get_youtube_transcript`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Fetch the transcript (captions/subtitles) of a YouTube video as text. Accepts a watch URL, youtu.be link, Shorts link or bare 11-character video id. Returns the spoken text with timestamps grouped in ~30 s blocks by default; format 'text' is prose without timestamps, 'srt'/'vtt' are subtitle files, 'json' is raw segments with start/duration. Works with creator-uploaded and auto-generated captions. translate_to translates the transcript with AI (extra credits, scales with length) — omit unless asked.
```

### `search_channel_videos`

- The name "search_channel_videos" says "search": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Search for videos inside one YouTube channel by keyword — 'find the video where <channel> talks about <topic>'. Accepts a channel id, @handle or channel URL.
```

### `search_youtube`

- The name "search_youtube" says "search": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Search YouTube for videos by keyword. Returns video ids, titles, channel names, durations and view counts. Use a returned id with get_youtube_transcript to read it.
```

## Claude Code permissions

For `.claude/settings.json`, assuming the server is installed as `youtube-transcript`:

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__youtube-transcript__get_youtube_transcript",
      "mcp__youtube-transcript__search_youtube",
      "mcp__youtube-transcript__get_channel_videos",
      "mcp__youtube-transcript__search_channel_videos",
      "mcp__youtube-transcript__get_playlist_videos"
    ],
    "ask": [],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```