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SubDownload/subdownload-mcp

Public MCP wrapper for SubDownload.Fetch YouTube transcripts, search videos, browse channels and playlists — instant YouTube data for your AI workflow.

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About SubDownload/subdownload-mcp

SubDownload/subdownload-mcp is a public Model Context Protocol wrapper for the SubDownload service. It provides functions to fetch YouTube video transcripts, search for videos, and browse channels and playlists, exposing YouTube data to AI workflows via a standardized interface.

Best for

Developers building AI tools that need structured access to YouTube transcripts and video metadata

Use cases

  • Fetch YouTube video transcripts for analysis or summarization
  • Search for YouTube videos by query and retrieve metadata
  • Browse channels and playlists to gather video listings

Notes

3 stars on GitHub. Last updated 2026-04-27. Licensed MIT.

Pros

  • Provides a simple, standardized MCP interface for YouTube data access
  • Focuses on transcripts and search, which are common needs in AI tooling
  • Written in JavaScript, easy to integrate into Node.js environments

Cons

  • Low star count (3) suggests limited community adoption and potential instability
  • Depends on the SubDownload service, which may have its own rate limits or availability issues
  • No mention of error handling or authentication details, requiring user trial and error

Key facts

What we have checked

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How to use

How to set it up

As the listing publishes it. We have not run this install.

Tools exposed

  • search_youtube
  • fetch_video_info
  • fetch_transcript
  • transcribe_video
  • get_asr_task
  • resolve_channel
  • list_channel_videos
  • get_channel_latest_videos
  • search_channel_videos
  • list_playlist_videos
  • save_to_library
  • list_library
  • get_library_item

Clients the listing names (not checked here)

Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf

Example client config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "subdownload": {
      "url": "https://api.subdownload.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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No install recipe yet. We write one for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and ChatGPT when the server is in the official MCP registry with a package or remote address we can use.

Until then, follow the project's own README, or the setup the listing publishes under How to set it up.

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Alternatives

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