# YouTube Transcripts

> Transcripts from YouTube videos, whole channels and playlists for AI agents, with bulk ZIP export.

- name: io.github.fbetteo/youtube-transcripts
- version: 1.0.0
- connection class: R1 (autonomous)
- trust: 97/100
- quality: 73/100 (new)
- owner: not claimed
- descriptor: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/io.github.fbetteo%2Fyoutube-transcripts
- tools: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/io.github.fbetteo%2Fyoutube-transcripts/tools

**An agent can connect on its own if it already holds `api_key`.** Remote endpoint behind a static API key or header. The registry never sees the value; the agent fills the placeholder.

## Connection (mcpServers)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "youtube-transcripts": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.youtubetranscripts.fbetteo.com/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer ${api_key}"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

Placeholders to fill: `${api_key}`.

## Trust

- hygiene: 100
- liveness: 100
- freshness: 100
- provenance: 90
- drivers: +repository +namespace-matches-repo +website +reachable +uptime-100% +updated-5d-ago
- Derived from observable signals (official registry feed and our own credential-free probes); no code audit performed.

## Quality 73/100 (new)

### protocol: 75 (weight 25)

- warn `protocol.modern`: newest supported version is 2025-06-18; 2026-07-28 not supported, older versions are deprecated until 2027-07-28
- n/a `protocol.stateless`: only applies to 2026-07-28 servers
- pass `protocol.transport`: streamable HTTP
- n/a `protocol.list_ttl`: only applies to 2026-07-28 servers

### authorization: n/a (weight 15)

- n/a `auth.prm`, `auth.as_metadata`, `auth.cimd`: no remote uses OAuth
- n/a `auth.secret_in_url`: no templated URL

### tool hygiene: 71 (weight 30)

- pass `tools.descriptions`: every tool has a description
- pass `tools.description_length`: descriptions are concise
- pass `tools.schemas`: every tool has an object input schema
- fail `tools.annotations`: no tool declares readOnlyHint or destructiveHint, so clients cannot tell safe calls from risky ones
- fail `tools.directory_hints`: no tool declares all four of readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint and openWorldHint; missing: get_channel_info (readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); list_channel_videos (readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); get_transcript (readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint, openWorldHint); …
- pass `tools.token_cost`: about 659 tokens to load every tool
- pass `tools.api_dump`: tools are not a one-to-one API dump

### stability: n/a (weight 15)

- n/a `stability.changes`, `stability.rug_pull`: tool history recorded for 5 of the 7 days needed

### dependencies: n/a (weight 15)

- n/a `deps.known_vulns`, `deps.mcp_sdk_version`, `deps.resolvable`: no npm or PyPI package

- tools: 8, about 659 tokens to load them all
- tool set hash: 1587d8ba9d201e84b25f031f88af2d6a
- badge: [![protogrid quality](https://protogrid.dev/badge/io.github.fbetteo/youtube-transcripts.svg)](https://protogrid.dev/servers/io.github.fbetteo/youtube-transcripts)
- Checks run on what our credential-free, read-only probes observe; tools are never called and no code audit is performed.

### Tool changes

_No tool definition changes recorded._

## Remotes

- https://api.youtubetranscripts.fbetteo.com/mcp (streamable-http, auth api_key ${api_key}, reachable true, uptime30d 1)

## Packages

_none_

## Tools (8)

- `cancel_job`: Cancel an async transcript job and refund unprocessed videos.
- `get_channel_info`: Return metadata for a YouTube channel before starting a job.
- `get_download_url`: Return the ZIP download URL for a completed job.
- `get_job_status`: Poll an async transcript job and get a download URL when ready.
- `get_transcript`: Return the transcript for a single YouTube video URL or ID.
- `list_channel_videos`: List a YouTube channel's videos with duration metadata, in the order channel jobs use (long-form, then Shorts, then livestreams; newest first). limit=N previews what start_channel_job with max_videos=N downloads; has_more tells if the channel has more.
- `start_channel_job`: Start an async job that downloads channel transcripts.
- `start_playlist_job`: Start an async job that downloads playlist transcripts.