generated: '2026-09-09'
method: searched
source: https://transcriptfetch.com/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json (HTTP 200, full tool schemas), https://transcriptfetch.com/docs/mcp,
  live tools/list probe (HTTP 401 OAuth challenge), official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io,
  com.transcriptfetch/youtube-transcripts, status active)
name: TranscriptFetch MCP Server
status: official
deployment:
  mode: remote
  endpoint: https://transcriptfetch.com/mcp
  auth: oauth
  auth_note: 'OAuth 2.0 (Clerk-run authorization server at clerk.transcriptfetch.com, dynamic client registration,
    PKCE S256) OR a bearer API key (Authorization: Bearer tf_live_...). RFC 9728 protected-resource metadata
    served at /.well-known/oauth-protected-resource.'
  verified: probed
  probe: gated
  probe_prior: POST /mcp tools/list on 2026-09-09 returned 401 with a JSON-RPC error directing unauthenticated
    callers to the public se
  probe_why: RFC 9728 challenge on the MCP path only
  checked: '2026-09-11'
  source: claimed-backlog re-probe 2026-09-11
transport: streamable-http
protocol_note: Supports protocol revision 2025-11-25 and session-id headers (changelog 2026-07-24); server
  card version 1.2.0.
registry:
  official_mcp_registry: com.transcriptfetch/youtube-transcripts
  registry_status: active
  also_listed:
  - Smithery
documentation: https://transcriptfetch.com/docs/mcp
server_card: well-known/transcriptfetch-mcp-server-card.json
tools:
- name: get_transcript
  description: Full transcript for a YouTube ID/URL, TikTok, Instagram, Spotify or Apple Podcasts episode,
    podcast RSS feed, or direct media file; ai_fallback transcribes audio when captions are missing.
  annotations:
    readOnlyHint: true
    destructiveHint: false
    idempotentHint: true
- name: search_videos
  description: Search YouTube by keyword; returns titles, IDs, and URLs.
  annotations:
    readOnlyHint: true
- name: list_channel_videos
  description: Recent videos for a YouTube handle/channel, TikTok or Instagram profile, Spotify or Apple
    Podcasts show, or RSS feed.
  annotations:
    readOnlyHint: true
- name: list_playlist_videos
  description: Videos in a YouTube, TikTok or Spotify playlist ID or URL.
  annotations:
    readOnlyHint: true
- name: get_credits
  description: The caller's remaining credit balance. The only free tool.
  annotations:
    readOnlyHint: true
pricing_note: Every successful tool call costs 1 credit (audio transcription 1 credit per started minute,
  billed on delivery); get_credits and failures are free. OAuth sign-in creates an account with 100 free
  monthly credits.
clients:
- Claude
- Claude Code
- Claude Desktop
- ChatGPT
- Cursor
- VS Code
- Perplexity
- Codex