TranscriptFetch · Video Transcripts & Web Content

Give your AI eyes.

CommunityOnlineNo sign-inGlobalFreeCan modify data

What it can do

  • Get Transcript: Fetch the full transcript for a video. Accepts a YouTube video ID or URL, plus TikTok, Instagram, X (Twitter), and Facebook video URLs and direct media file URLs.
  • Search Videos: Search YouTube for videos matching a query. Returns titles, IDs, and URLs.
  • List Channel Videos: List recent videos for a YouTube channel. Accepts a channel handle (@name), channel ID (UC…), or URL.

What data it sees

Do you need an account

No: the server works without sign-in

Give your AI eyes. Fetch video transcripts and web content as structured, AI-ready text: a single video, a keyword search, a whole channel or playlist, or any web page as clean Markdown. Transcripts return full text plus timestamped segments in structured JSON, so answers can cite the exact moment. Built for LLM pipelines, RAG, research, and agents.

Tools

  • get_transcript: full transcript for any video (ID or URL)
  • search_videos: find videos by keyword
  • list_channel_videos: recent videos for a channel (@handle, ID, or URL)
  • list_playlist_videos: every video in a playlist
  • scrape_url: any web page as clean Markdown
  • map_url: list every link on a site

Getting started Connect with OAuth: a free account is created automatically with 100 free requests, no card needed. Or pass an API key from transcriptfetch.com as Authorization: Bearer tf_live_…. Only successful fetches are billed.

How to connect

How to connect TranscriptFetch · Video Transcripts & Web Content to Claude

The server address to paste into Claude settings:

https://transcripts--transcriptfetch.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 TranscriptFetch · Video Transcripts & Web Content to ChatGPT

The server address to paste into ChatGPT settings:

https://transcripts--transcriptfetch.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 TranscriptFetch · Video Transcripts & Web Content to Cursor

The server address to paste into Cursor settings:

https://transcripts--transcriptfetch.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 (8)

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

get_transcriptFetch the full transcript for a video. Accepts a YouTube video ID or URL, plus TikTok, Instagram, X (Twitter), and Facebook video URLs and direct media file URLs.
search_videosSearch YouTube for videos matching a query. Returns titles, IDs, and URLs.
list_channel_videosList recent videos for a YouTube channel. Accepts a channel handle (@name), channel ID (UC…), or URL.
list_playlist_videosList the videos in a YouTube playlist. Accepts a playlist ID or URL.
scrape_urlFetch any web page and return its main content as clean Markdown (navigation, ads, and boilerplate removed), plus page metadata. Accepts any http(s) URL. Costs 1 credit.
map_urlList every same-site link on a web page (plus its sitemap when readable) — use to discover a site's URLs, then scrape_url the pages you need. Costs 1 credit.
crawl_urlCrawl a site (BFS, same-site) and return each page's main content as clean Markdown. Use when you need many pages from one site in a single call; use scrape_url for a single page. Costs 1 credit per page returned (max 25 pages).
get_creditsCheck the caller's remaining credit balance. Free; costs no credits.