Fetches transcripts for public Bandcamp audio links through the ClawGrab API, so music/audio pages with speech can be summarized or quoted.
Fetches transcripts for public Dailymotion video links through the ClawGrab API, enabling downstream summarization, social post generation, and translation.
Attempts transcript retrieval for public Facebook links, though the README notes login-gated content often fails.
Attempts transcript retrieval for public Instagram links, though the README notes login-gated content often fails.
Fetches transcripts for public Kick stream links through the ClawGrab API, enabling summarization and repurposing of stream content.
Fetches transcripts for public PeerTube video links through the ClawGrab API, enabling summarization and repurposing of the content.
Attempts transcript retrieval for public Reddit links, though the README notes login-gated content often fails.
Fetches transcripts for public SoundCloud audio links through the ClawGrab API, so audio content can be summarized, quoted, or translated.
Fetches transcripts for public Substack media links through the ClawGrab API, enabling summarization and social post drafts from the content.
Fetches transcripts for public TED talk links through the ClawGrab API, so talks can be summarized, quoted, or translated.
Retrieves the transcript (captions/spoken words) of public TikTok video links via the ClawGrab API, feeding the server's text helpers such as summary, quotes, and translation.
Fetches transcripts for public Twitch stream links through the ClawGrab API, enabling summarization and repurposing of stream content.
Fetches transcripts for public Vimeo video links through the ClawGrab API, enabling downstream summarization, social post generation, and translation.
Retrieves the spoken-word transcript of public YouTube video links through the ClawGrab API, which can then be summarized, translated, or turned into social posts, blog drafts, and quotes.
Click on "Deploy Server".
Wait a few minutes for the server to deploy. Once ready, it will show a "Started" state.
In the chat, type @ followed by the MCP server name and your instructions, e.g., "@ClawGrab MCP Server get the transcript for https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ"
That's it! The server will respond to your query, and you can continue using it as needed.
Here is a step-by-step guide with screenshots.
An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that lets Claude Desktop, Cursor, OpenClaw and other MCP clients get the transcript (the spoken words) of a public video link through the ClawGrab API at https://getclawgrab.com, plus a few text helpers (summary, social posts, blog draft, quotes, translation).
It is a thin client: every tool is one HTTPS POST to getclawgrab.com. No scraping code runs on your machine.
Tool | What it does | API call |
| Transcript of a public video/audio URL |
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| Short bullet summary of transcript text |
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| X / LinkedIn / Instagram post drafts from transcript text |
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| Blog post draft from transcript text |
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| 3-5 quotable lines from transcript text |
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| Translate transcript text |
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Related MCP server: Voxloom MCP Server
Best: public YouTube, TikTok, Vimeo, Dailymotion, SoundCloud, TED, Twitch, Kick, Streamable, PeerTube, BitChute, Bandcamp, Substack and direct audio/video file links. Often fails: Instagram, X/Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, LinkedIn (they need a login). Never: private, members-only, age-gated or login-only videos. Not every public video works: if a platform blocks the server or there are no captions you get an error, not a guess.
What | Cost |
| Free, no API key, no account. Fair-use limit; when it is hit you get HTTP 429 until later. |
AI tools (summary, social posts, blog, quotes, translation) | Need a ClawGrab account: 5 AI outputs a month free, unlimited on Pro, $12/month (reasonable use). |
Without a token the AI tools return a short "sign up free" message instead of a result.
Create a free account at https://getclawgrab.com.
Exchange your email and password for your account token:
curl -s -X POST https://getclawgrab.com/api/auth/login -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d "{\"email\":\"you@example.com\",\"password\":\"YOUR_PASSWORD\"}"Copy the token value from the reply into CLAWGRAB_TOKEN (below). Treat it like a password.
Claude Desktop, one click: download clawgrab.mcpb from the
latest release and open it. Claude Desktop asks for the
optional token.
Claude Desktop, by config (claude_desktop_config.json):
{
"mcpServers": {
"clawgrab": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "github:getclawgrab/clawgrab-mcp-server"],
"env": { "CLAWGRAB_TOKEN": "optional: your account token" }
}
}
}OpenClaw node host (openclaw.json):
{
nodeHost: {
mcp: {
servers: {
clawgrab: { command: "npx", args: ["-y", "github:getclawgrab/clawgrab-mcp-server"], toolFilter: { include: ["get_transcript"] } },
},
},
},
}(OpenClaw users can also skip MCP entirely and use the one-file ClawGrab skill: https://getclawgrab.com/guides/openclaw.html)
Variable | Default | Description |
| none | Your ClawGrab account token; unlocks the AI tools |
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| API base URL |
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| Request timeout in ms |
Only the URL or text you pass to a tool is sent, to getclawgrab.com. The server sees your IP like any website;
its rate-limit counter stores a hash of it, requested links appear in server logs (deleted within 7 days), and a
transcript is cached for up to 24 hours. AI features and speech-to-text use Groq as a processor.
Policy: https://getclawgrab.com/privacy
ClawGrab is an independent product by Eric West - hello@getclawgrab.com - https://getclawgrab.com
MIT licence.
Extract the most memorable and shareable quotes from a transcript.
Inputs: text (required).
Convert a transcript into a full SEO-optimized blog post with headings, introduction, and conclusion.
Inputs: text (required).
Generate platform-optimized social media posts (Twitter/X, LinkedIn, Instagram) from transcript text.
Inputs: text (required), platforms.
Extract the transcript (spoken words) from a public video/audio URL: YouTube, TikTok, Vimeo, Dailymotion, SoundCloud, TED, Twitch and more. Instagram, X/Twitter and Facebook usually need a login and often fail. Returns the transcript text, or an honest error - it never guesses.
Inputs: url (required), summary, timestamps.
Generate a short AI bullet-point summary from transcript text.
Inputs: text (required).
Translate transcript text into another language.
Inputs: text (required), target_language (required).
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Scored across 6 tools
get_transcript is clearly the entry point (fetch), while the other five are distinct transformations of transcript text. The only mild overlap is summarize_text vs extract_quotes, since both distill content, but their outputs (summary bullets vs verbatim quotes) are different enough that an agent can choose correctly.
Every name follows a consistent verb_noun pattern (get_transcript, summarize_text, generate_social_posts, generate_blog_post, extract_quotes, translate_transcript) in uniform snake_case. The verbs are accurate and predictable.
Six tools is a tight, well-scoped set for a transcript-fetch-and-repurpose pipeline. Each tool corresponds to a genuine user goal with no filler or redundancy.
The surface covers the core flow: acquire a transcript, then summarize, quote, translate, or turn it into social/blog content. Minor gaps exist around persisting or exporting results and no metadata/chapter or supported-URL listing, but agents can work around these.
Turn YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, X and article URLs into transcripts, comments and JSON.
Get transcripts from YouTube, TikTok, X, Instagram and more - even when captions are off.
Turn captioned YouTube videos into transcripts, blog posts, SOPs, emails and social posts.
Transcribe audio, video and YouTube links, then search, summarize and export your transcripts.
