SumVid — YouTube Video Summaries

Summarize any YouTube video, fetch its transcript, or poll a channel for new uploads — no account, no API key.

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What it can do

  • Summarize Youtube Video: Summarize a YouTube video with Claude and return the summary text, in any of 100+ output languages (`language` param, BCP-47). Pay-per-call via x402 (USDC on Base) — no accoun
  • Get Youtube Transcript: Fetch the raw transcript text of a YouTube video (no model run — the cheaper SKU), in any of 100+ languages (`language` param, BCP-47). Pay-per-call via x402 (USDC on Base), no
  • List New Channel Videos: New videos on a YouTube channel since your last poll — stateless channel monitoring, no accounts or webhooks. Pass a channel URL, @handle, or channel id, plus an optional curs

What data it sees

Do you need an account

No: the server works without sign-in

Summarize any YouTube video, fetch its transcript, or poll a channel for new uploads — no account, no API key. Payment is the auth: each call is paid per-use in USDC on Base via the x402 protocol, settled only when the call succeeds. A failed call is never charged.

Tools

Tool What it does Price
summarize_youtube_video Claude-generated summary of a video's transcript $0.02
get_youtube_transcript Full transcript text for a video $0.005
list_new_channel_videos New uploads from a channel since a cursor $0.002

How payment works

  1. Call a tool with no payment → you get an x402 402 challenge (price, network, USDC asset, pay-to address).
  2. Sign an EIP-3009 USDC authorization on Base and retry.
  3. The tool runs; payment settles only on success — errors (no captions, bad URL, upstream hiccups) cost nothing.

Works with any x402-capable agent or wallet. No configuration needed — there is nothing to set up.

Notes

  • Summaries are cached: repeat requests for the same video are fast and still just $0.02.
  • Supports every common YouTube URL format (watch, youtu.be, shorts, embeds).
  • Also available as plain HTTP endpoints — see sumvid.app.

How to connect

How to connect SumVid — YouTube Video Summaries to Claude

The server address to paste into Claude settings:

https://sumvid--telep.run.tools

  1. Open Claude (claude.ai or the desktop app).
  2. Go to Settings → Connectors.
  3. Click Add custom connector.
  4. Paste the server address copied below into Remote MCP server URL and click Add.
  5. In a chat, click + → Connectors and switch the new connector on.

Custom connectors are available on Free, Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans (Free is limited to one). On Team and Enterprise an organization Owner adds the connector first under Organization settings → Connectors.

Authorization

After you click Add, a sign-in window for the service opens. Sign in with your own account and approve access. Claude never sees your password.

How to connect SumVid — YouTube Video Summaries to ChatGPT

The server address to paste into ChatGPT settings:

https://sumvid--telep.run.tools

  1. Open ChatGPT in a browser (chatgpt.com). A Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise or Edu plan is required.
  2. Turn on developer mode once: Settings → Apps → Advanced settings → Developer mode.
  3. Open Settings → Connectors and click Create.
  4. Fill in the form: Name (anything), Description (one line about what the service does), MCP server URL (copy it below).
  5. Under Authentication choose OAuth if the service requires sign-in, otherwise None. Click Create.
  6. In a new chat open + → Apps/Connectors and enable the connector.

OpenAI has renamed this section before (Connectors → Apps/Plugins). If the label differs, search settings for "developer mode". On Business/Enterprise workspaces an admin must allow custom connectors first.

Authorization

On first use ChatGPT opens the service's sign-in window. Sign in and approve access.

How to connect SumVid — YouTube Video Summaries to Cursor

The server address to paste into Cursor settings:

https://sumvid--telep.run.tools

Fastest: click Open in Cursor below and confirm the prompt.

Manually:

  1. In Cursor open Settings → Cursor Settings → MCP and click Add new global MCP server.
  2. Paste the JSON copied below into ~/.cursor/mcp.json (per project: .cursor/mcp.json in the repo root).
  3. Save the file. The server appears in the MCP list; authorize it there if asked.

Authorization

If the service needs sign-in, an authorize button appears next to the server in the MCP list.

Server tool list (3)

Raw names from tools/list. Only developers need these.

summarize_youtube_videoSummarize a YouTube video with Claude and return the summary text, in any of 100+ output languages (`language` param, BCP-47). Pay-per-call via x402 (USDC on Base) — no account or API key. Cheaper than pulling the full transcript into your own context. A bad URL or a video without captions returns an error and is not charged.
get_youtube_transcriptFetch the raw transcript text of a YouTube video (no model run — the cheaper SKU), in any of 100+ languages (`language` param, BCP-47). Pay-per-call via x402 (USDC on Base), no account. A video without captions returns an error and is not charged.
list_new_channel_videosNew videos on a YouTube channel since your last poll — stateless channel monitoring, no accounts or webhooks. Pass a channel URL, @handle, or channel id, plus an optional cursor (`since_video_id` or `since`, an ISO 8601 timezone-aware timestamp) from your last call. Returns new video ids/titles/publish times, newest first, plus `newest_video_id` to use as your next cursor. Pay-per-call via x402 (USDC on Base), no account or API key. An unresolvable channel or a naive `since` timestamp returns an error and is not charged.