samson-art/transcriptor-mcp

Overview

An MCP server (stdio and HTTP/SSE) that retrieves video transcripts and subtitles using yt-dlp, with pagination for large responses. Supports YouTube, Twitter/X, Instagram, TikTok, Twitch, Vimeo, Facebook, Bilibili, VK, and Dailymotion. Falls back to Whisper (local or OpenAI API) when subtitles are unavailable.

Best for

Best for
Developers building MCP-based workflows that need video transcript data from multiple platforms

Use cases

• Fetch video transcripts for analysis or summarization
• Integrate subtitle retrieval into MCP-hosted AI assistants like Cursor
• Extract text from videos without native subtitles via Whisper fallback

How to use

Install

docker run --rm -i artsamsonov/transcriptor-mcp:latest

Tools exposed

• get_transcript
• get_raw_subtitles
• get_available_subtitles
• get_video_info
• get_video_chapters
• get_video_frame
• get_playlist_transcripts
• search_videos

Tested with

Cursor, ChatGPT

Example client config

{\n  "mcpServers": {\n    "transcriptor": {\n      "command": "docker",\n      "args": ["run", "--rm", "-i", "artsamsonov/transcriptor-mcp:latest"]\n    }\n  }\n}

Notes

An MCP server (stdio and HTTP/SSE) that retrieves video transcripts and subtitles using yt-dlp, with pagination for large responses. Supports YouTube, Twitter/X, Instagram, TikTok, Twitch, Vimeo, Facebook, Bilibili, VK, and Dailymotion. Falls back to Whisper (local or OpenAI API) when subtitles are unavailable.

10 stars on GitHub. Last updated 2026-06-01. Licensed MIT.

Use cases

• Fetch video transcripts for analysis or summarization
• Integrate subtitle retrieval into MCP-hosted AI assistants like Cursor
• Extract text from videos without native subtitles via Whisper fallback

Pros

• Supports a wide range of video platforms
• Provides fallback transcription when subtitles are missing
• Works with existing MCP hosts and tools like Cursor

Cons

• Low community adoption (10 GitHub stars) suggests early or niche usage
• Requires MCP host environment, not a standalone tool
• Whisper fallback relies on local hardware or paid API and may be slow

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