clipform_youtube_transcript

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declared in 2.2.0

Extract the transcript, title, and channel info from a YouTube video. Returns the full transcript text plus metadata (title, channel, duration). Supports any public YouTube video with captions enabled. Does NOT work for private/age-restricted videos, videos with captions disabled, or non-YouTube URLs.

Parameters schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "required": [
    "url"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "url": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uri",
      "description": "YouTube video URL (any format: watch?v=, youtu.be/, shorts/)"
    },
    "lang": {
      "type": "string",
      "default": "en",
      "description": "Transcript language code (default: 'en'). Try 'en' first, omit for auto-detect if English unavailable."
    },
    "max_chars": {
      "type": "number",
      "default": 15000,
      "description": "Maximum transcript characters to return (default: 15000). Increase for longer videos where full context matters."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

What this tool wraps· 1 endpoint

min confidence0.70 0.50

Data resourceYouTube Data API
Google · media
name mention0.75

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io.github.Clipform/mcp-server

https://github.com/clipform/mcp-server

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