YouTube Reader
Turn any YouTube video into text: transcript, title, channel, timestamps.
Should I use this
Quality & Safety
A
Based on automated analysis of tool definitions and protocol compliance.
Context Cost
~91Tokens (tool definitions)
~447 BTypical response size
Minimal attention impact (0.07% of 128k context)
This is the approximate number of tokens consumed each time the server's tools are loaded into a model's context. Higher counts reduce the attention available for other tasks.
Install
One-Click Install
Add this to your `claude_desktop_config.json` file:
{
"mcpServers": {
"youtube-reader": {
"url": "https://web-production-0cbb7.up.railway.app/mcp"
}
}
}Remote endpoints
https://web-production-0cbb7.up.railway.app/mcpstreamable-httpWhat it can do
Tool inventory
Tools (1)
🟢 Read-only🟡 Write🔴 Delete⚪ Unknown
🟢youtube_reader(url)
Read a YouTube video as text. Give a YouTube link and get back the title, channel, and the full spoken transcript with timestamps. For AI agents that cannot watch video.
Input Schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"url": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"url"
],
"additionalProperties": false
}Output Schema
{
"type": "object",
"additionalProperties": true
}Community
Evidence
Recent observations
verifiedversion not recorded1 tools