YouTube Transcript MCP

YouTube captions, inside ChatGPT.

Connect this read-only MCP to your own ChatGPT. Drop in a video link, then ask for summaries, research notes, or answers grounded in the transcript.

MCP server URL

https://youtube-transcript-mcp-sooty.vercel.app/mcp

You will sign in with GitHub when ChatGPT connects. We use that to keep the public endpoint from being anonymously abused.

  1. Open ChatGPT Settings → Apps

    Enable Developer Mode if ChatGPT asks.

  2. Add the server

    Create a custom connector, choose a remote MCP server, then paste the URL above.

  3. Sign in and ask

    Finish the GitHub sign-in, then paste a YouTube link in a new chat and ask what you want to learn.

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What it’s good for

Deep summaries Turn a long interview or talk into a useful brief, without hopping between tabs.

Research notes Pull claims, frameworks, and questions from a video into your existing conversation.

Video Q&A Ask about a specific idea in the video, then keep the thread going with your own context.