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GetYouTubeTranscript

Get any YouTube transcript as text: free web tool, Chrome extension with AI Q&A, and a REST API + MCP server.

GetYouTubeTranscript

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Overview

GetYouTubeTranscript turns YouTube videos into text, three ways: a free web tool, a Chrome extension, and a developer API with a remote MCP server.

Features

  • Free web tool: paste a YouTube link and get the full transcript in seconds. No sign-up. Copy, download, translate or summarize it with AI.
  • Chrome extension: shows the transcript next to the video on YouTube, synced to playback, and lets you ask AI questions about the video.
  • REST API: transcripts with title, channel, thumbnail and word count, plus YouTube search, playlist videos and channel ID lookups. No Google API key needed.
  • MCP server: lets Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and other assistants read YouTube videos directly.
  • n8n node: use transcripts in no-code automations.

Pricing

The web tool is free. The API has a free plan with 100 credits (no card) and paid plans from $5/month for 1,000 credits.

Use cases

  • Study notes and summaries from lectures and tutorials
  • Repurposing videos into blog posts and social content
  • Research and quote extraction
  • Feeding video content to AI agents and RAG pipelines

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Pricing
Freemium
Platforms
Web
Browser Extension
Listed
Sep 30, 2026
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