yt-subs
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| YT_SUBS_DOWNLOAD_DIR | No | Custom directory for saving transcript files. Must be an absolute path. | ~/Downloads/yts/ |
Instructions
Guidance the server publishes about itself, which clients place ahead of the tool catalog so the model reads it before choosing anything.
This server publishes no instructions, or was last inspected before Glama recorded them.
Capabilities
Features and capabilities supported by this server
Protocol revision2025-11-25
| Capability | Details |
|---|---|
| tools | {} |
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| get_youtube_transcriptA | Extract the subtitle/transcript text from a YouTube video URL. Always use this tool when:
Returns the clean text content of the video's English subtitles (auto-generated or manual). |
Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No prompts | |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No resources | |
TDQS
Scored across 1 tool
With only one tool, there is no possibility of confusion between tool purposes. The tool's function is clearly distinct and unambiguous.
The single tool name follows a clear verb_noun pattern (get_youtube_transcript), which is consistent and predictable.
The server has only one tool, which is on the thin side for a general-purpose media analysis server. However, for a focused transcript-extraction niche, it is borderline acceptable.
The tool fully covers the core operation of fetching YouTube transcripts. Some minor gaps exist, such as lack of language selection or support for non-English subtitles, but these are workarounds rather than critical dead ends.