format37/youtube_mcp
π βοΈ β MCP server that transcribes YouTube videos to text. Uses yt-dlp to download audio and OpenAI's Whisper-1 for more precise transcription than youtube captions. Provide a YouTube URL and get back the full transcript splitted by chunks for long videos.
Quick Start
Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/format37/youtube_mcpClaude Desktop configuration example:
{
"mcpServers": {
"youtubemcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"format37/youtube_mcp"
]
}
}
}Check the repository README for specific installation and configuration instructions.