A side-by-side look at the Upfirst and 💯 YouTube Transcript + YouTube Search MCP for AI Agents MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Upfirst for conversational ai work over a hosted endpoint; choose 💯 YouTube Transcript + YouTube Search MCP for AI Agents for search & data extraction as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Conversational AI | Search & Data Extraction |
| Quality signal | 50/100 · Good | 41/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Remote HTTP/SSE | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | Not declared | Not declared |
| Pricing | Not declared | Freemium |
| Required env vars | None listed | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | — | 11 |
| Directory activity | 1 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 3 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | Not listed | Not listed |
| Full listing | View Upfirst | View 💯 YouTube Transcript + YouTube Search MCP for AI Agents |
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
Paste either block (or both) into your client config, e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json. We only show a config when the install command is confirmed.
{
"mcpServers": {
"upfirst": {
"url": "https://mcp.upfirst.ai"
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"youtube-transcript-youtube-search-mcp-for-ai-agents": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"ajv-cli@5"
]
}
}
}
💯 YouTube Transcript + YouTube Search MCP for AI Agents vs Scribefy MCP