YouTube Transcript MCP Server

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Retrieve transcripts for given YouTube video URLs from an AI agent.

🛡️ AgentReady threat assessment

MAESTRO 7-layer threat model + OWASP AIVSS risk score for YouTube Transcript MCP Server, derived from its capabilities.

AIVSS 6.3 · Medium

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Overview

This MCP server retrieves transcripts for supplied YouTube video URLs so agents can summarize or analyze video content. Transcript text flows directly into agent context, so indirect prompt injection through video captions is the notable security concern.

Key features

YouTube transcript retrieval
URL-based lookup
Caption text extraction
No credential required

Use cases

Summarizing YouTube videos with an agent
Analyzing video captions