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maintenanceEnables fetching YouTube video transcripts with Google OAuth 2.0 authentication. Supports both manual and auto-generated transcripts with optional timestamps from video URLs or IDs.
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(Remote) YouTube MCP Server
by jgortari
Provides tools for extracting and formatting transcripts from YouTube videos, enabling AI agents to work with video content.
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., "@(Remote) YouTube MCP Serverget the transcript for https://youtu.be/XEMZniYKuaY"
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.
(Remote) YouTube MCP Server
A remote MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that provides YouTube video transcript extraction tools with OAuth authentication. It includes OAuth 2.0 authentication via Auth0, compatible with MCP clients for including ChatGPT and Claude.
Resources
Quick Start
Clone the repository
git clone [<repository-url>](https://github.com/ShawhinT/yt-mcp-remote.git)
cd yt-mcp-remoteInstall dependencies (requires Python >=3.13)
uv syncConfigure environment variables in .env
AUTH0_DOMAIN=your-auth0-domain
AUTH0_AUDIENCE=your-api-identifier # same as RESOURCE_SERVER_URL in this example
RESOURCE_SERVER_URL=<your-server-public-url>/mcpRun the server
uv run python main.pyServer runs on http://0.0.0.0:8000/mcp
Related MCP server: Remote YouTube MCP Server
MCP Tools
fetch_video_transcript(url)- Extract and format YouTube video transcriptsfetch_instructions(prompt_name)- Get writing templates (write_blog_post,write_social_post,write_video_chapters)
Tech Stack
FastMCP - MCP server framework
Railway - Hosting remote server
Auth0 - OAuth authentication
youtube-transcript-api - Transcript extraction
uv - Python dependency management
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Maintenance
ActivityMaintained
ResponsivenessNo issues
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