ytt-mcp

# ytt-mcp: YouTube Transcript MCP Server

MCP Server to fetch transcripts for YouTube videos.

## Installing and Running

The most convenient way to install and run is to use uv and then invoke the package using `uvx`

## Using MCP Inspector (for development/debugging/testing only)

uv run fastmcp dev ytt_mcp.py

This will generate a localhost URL that can be used to examine and test out the server.

## Claude Desktop

Go to _Settings_ → _Developer_, and then click on _Edit Config_. This will open the claude-desktop-config.json file in your default editor. Make the following addition

{
  "mcpServers": {
    ……
    "ytt-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["ytt-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Relaunch Claude config and try out the server as shown in the screenshot below

## Raycast

If you are using Raycast, you can install the MCP server by invoking the _Install Server_ command from the MCP extension.

After that you can refer to the MCP server as `@youtube-transcript` and interact with it. You can also use it in a Raycast AI Command with a prompt. For example, here is a prompt I use to extract and summarize a YouTube URL in the clipboard

@youtube-transcript fetch the Youtube transcript of the video: {clipboard | raw}

Comprehensively summarize the transcript with the following format:
"""
### Key Takeaways

- 
"""

### Theme Wise Breakdown


Some rules to follow precisely:
- ALWAYS capture the perspective and POV of the author
- NEVER come up with additional information

See video demo below

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/e6530768-3483-4cb9-988a-7ec7a999d505