youtube-transcripts

https://server.smithery.ai/scripthaul/youtube-transcripts/mcp

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Free YouTube transcripts for AI agents — no API key, no account, no configuration. Three tools: get_transcript fetches a single video's transcript in clean text, timestamped, SRT, VTT, Markdown, or JSON, with optional language selection and honest labeling when YouTube won't translate; list_videos enumerates a channel or playlist (ID, title, date) so an agent can pick relevant videos and returns a typed video array; get_bulk_download_link produces a free scripthaul.com link that downloads every transcript in a channel or playlist as a ZIP. Cached transcripts serve instantly and unlimited; uncached fetches share a small daily per-IP allowance. Public captions only. Backed by scripthaul.com's transcript cache and fetch infrastructure.

Transport

streamable-http

Auth

smithery_api_key

Cost

—

Protocol revision

2025-06-18

negotiated, not declared

MCP readiness

B · 83/100

Readiness is how fully this listing follows its protocol and how it behaved in our probes over 30 days. It is shown for reference and does not move it in search. Search order and leaderboards use the separate quality grade (here C+, 70.0/100), which weighs availability, conformance, p95 speed and descriptor. How the two differ

Valid MCP handshake	10/10	initialize and tools/list both answered.
Live MCP endpoint	23/25	Endpoint answers the MCP initialize handshake (5809 ms); very slow response -2.
Protocol revision	6/10	Speaks MCP 2025-06-18, 2 revision(s) behind 2026-07-28.
Signed descriptor	n/a	No MCP standard defines a signed server descriptor.
Uptime (30 days)	15/15	30/30 probes succeeded over 30 days (100%).
Tool declaration	10/10	Lists 4 tool(s) with descriptions.
Verified identity	5/10	Publisher declared (repository, package or homepage); claim this listing to verify domain control.
Freshness + modern flags	4/5	seen in a source within 7 days.
Auth declaration	2/5	Declares credential scheme: smithery_api_key.

Applicable criteria total 90 points, scaled to 100.

Responsiveness: Very slow (5809 ms; bands ≤2.5 s, ≤5 s, ≤8 s, slower; penalty only).

Measured 2026-11-11.

Nine criteria, the same as the A2A readiness score, read from our daily MCP probe (initialize + tools/list) and 30-day probe history. No MCP standard defines a signed server descriptor, so that criterion is n/a and the other 90 points are scaled to 100. Grades: A>=90, B>=75, C>=60, D>=40, F<40. Display only: search order uses the quality grade.

Compared with peers

Against 53,039 reachable MCP servers in our daily snapshot (2026-11-12 06:46 UTC). Display only; it does not change search order.

Readiness: Higher than 60% of peers; This listing 83 · peer median 81
Latency: Faster than 30% of peers; This listing 500 ms · peer median 326 ms

Where it loses the most points, and how to win them back

Verified identity −5 — Claim the listing and prove control of its domain.
Now: Publisher declared (repository, package or homepage); claim this listing to verify domain control.
Protocol revision −4 — Support the current protocol revision.
Now: Speaks MCP 2025-06-18, 2 revision(s) behind 2026-07-28.
Auth declaration −3 — State how to authenticate (an auth scheme, or that none is needed).
Now: Declares credential scheme: smithery_api_key.

How many agent tools actually work · All statistics

Listed in

Directories this entry was found in.

smithery since 2026-08-31 ↗

How to connect

MCP endpoint (streamable-http)

https://server.smithery.ai/scripthaul/youtube-transcripts/mcp

JSON-RPC initialize probe

curl -X POST https://server.smithery.ai/scripthaul/youtube-transcripts/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'Accept: application/json, text/event-stream' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"initialize","params":{}}'

Homepage

https://scripthaul.com/

Listed at (smithery)

https://scripthaul.com/