Fetch and summarize YouTube video transcripts with metadata, multi-format and multi-language support.
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Overview
Use cases
Fetch transcripts of YouTube videos in preferred formats and languages
Summarize video transcripts with customizable instructions
Retrieve detailed metadata for individual YouTube videos
List and sort videos within a YouTube playlist
Search YouTube videos with filtering by relevance, date, views, or duration
Key features
Multi-format transcript retrieval: text, JSON, SRT, WebVTT, pretty-print
Optional inclusion of timestamps and HTML formatting in transcripts
Video metadata extraction including title, channel, upload date, duration, views, and chapters
Summarization tool with clearly labeled prompt and transcript sections
Playlist video listing with sorting and limit controls
Clean video search results excluding ads and personalized content
Capabilities & Tool Schemas (6)
Inspect callable tools, capabilities, and parameters exposed to AI agents by Youtube Summarize.
get_transcriptFetch a YouTube video's transcript. By default the response is prefixed with a `[METADATA]` block (title, channel, published, duration, views, description); pass `include_metadata=false` for transcript-only output.
summarize_transcriptFetch a transcript and return it with summarization instructions. The response is structured into clearly-labeled sections (`[INSTRUCTIONS]`, `[PROMPT_SOURCE]`, `[VIDEO]`, `[METADATA]`, `[TRANSCRIPT]`) so a human can review the prompt before letting the LLM act on it.
get_video_metadataFetch metadata (title, description, channel, upload date, duration, views, tags, chapters, etc.) for a YouTube video. Backed by yt-dlp.
list_playlist_videosList the videos in a YouTube playlist (title, ID, channel, duration, views, URL). Per-video metadata is intentionally lean so the call stays fast even for large playlists; call `get_video_metadata` with a specific video ID for full detail.
search_videosSearch YouTube for videos and return a clean ranked list (title, ID, channel, duration, views, URL) — only actual videos, with no ads, recommendation shelves, or personalization. Relevance ordering still comes from YouTube's backend. Pair with `get_transcript` or `summarize_transcript` on a result'…
list_transcriptsList available transcript languages for a video.
Documentation Overview
youtube-summarize
MCP server that fetches YouTube video transcripts and optionally summarizes them.
Features
- Fetch transcripts in multiple formats (text, JSON, SRT, WebVTT, pretty-print)
- Video metadata — title, description, channel, upload date, duration, views, chapters (via yt-dlp)
- Optional timestamps in plain-text transcripts
- Summarize videos — returns transcript with the prompt clearly broken out for human review before the LLM acts on it
- List playlist videos — fast enumeration of any public playlist with optional sorting
- Search videos — clean ranked results with sort and filter options, without the ads, Shorts shelves, and personalized recommendations of the YouTube website
- List available languages for any video's transcripts
- Flexible URL parsing — accepts full YouTube URLs (
youtube.com/watch?v=,youtu.be/,youtube.com/embed/,youtube.com/shorts/) or bare video IDs - Multi-language support — request transcripts in specific languages with fallback priority
Tools
get_transcript
Fetch a YouTube video's transcript. By default the response is prefixed with a [METADATA] block (title, channel, published, duration, views, description); pass include_metadata=false for transcript-only output.
| Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
url | string | required | YouTube video URL or video ID |
languages | string[] | ["en"] | Preferred languages in priority order |
format | string | "text" | Output format: text, json, pretty, webvtt, srt |
preserve_formatting | boolean | false | Keep HTML formatting tags in the transcript |
include_timestamps | boolean | false | When true with format="text", prefix each line with [HH:MM:SS]. Ignored for other formats (they already include timestamps). |
include_metadata | boolean | true | Prepend a [METADATA] block before the transcript. Pass false for transcript-only output. |
summarize_transcript
Fetch a transcript and return it with summarization instructions. The response is structured into clearly-labeled sections ([INSTRUCTIONS], [PROMPT_SOURCE], [VIDEO], [METADATA], [TRANSCRIPT]) so a human can review the prompt before letting the LLM act on it.
| Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
url | string | required | YouTube video URL or video ID |
prompt | string | (default prompt) | Custom summarization instructions |
languages | string[] | ["en"] | Preferred languages in priority order |
include_timestamps | boolean | false | Prefix each transcript line with [HH:MM:SS]. |
include_metadata | boolean | true | Include a [VIDEO] block with title, channel, published, duration, views, and description. |
get_video_metadata
Fetch metadata (title, description, channel, upload date, duration, views, tags, chapters, etc.) for a YouTube video. Backed by yt-dlp.
| Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
url | string | required | YouTube video URL or video ID |
list_playlist_videos
List the videos in a YouTube playlist (title, ID, channel, duration, views, URL). Per-video metadata is intentionally lean so the call stays fast even for large playlists; call get_video_metadata with a specific video ID for full detail.
| Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
url | string | required | YouTube playlist URL (with ?list=...) or bare playlist ID |
limit | integer | 500 | Maximum videos to return |
sort_by | string | "index" | One of: index (playlist order), title, duration, views. upload_date is not supported. |
order | string | "asc" | asc or desc |
search_videos
Search YouTube for videos and return a clean ranked list (title, ID, channel, duration, views, URL) — only actual videos, with no ads, recommendation shelves, or personalization. Relevance ordering still comes from YouTube's backend. Pair with get_transcript or summarize_transcript on a result's ID or URL.
| Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
query | string | required | Search terms |
limit | integer | 10 | Maximum results to return |
sort_by | string | "relevance" | One of: relevance, date (newest first), views, rating |
uploaded | string | "any" | Filter by upload time: any, hour, today, week, month, year |
duration | string | "any" | Filter by length: any, short (<4 min), medium (4–20 min), long (>20 min) |
list_transcripts
List available transcript languages for a video.
| Parameter | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
url | string | required | YouTube video URL or video ID |
Installation
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Prerequisites
- Python 3.13+
- uv package manager
Development
License
MIT
mcp-name: io.github.zlatkoc/youtube-summarize
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