Transcriptor

Transcriptor extracts transcripts, subtitles, and metadata from videos across major social media and streaming platforms. It retrieves both official captions and auto-generated subtitles from YouTube, Twitter/X, Instagram, TikTok, Twitch, Vimeo, Facebook, Bilibili, VK, and Dailymotion to enable content analysis without downloading or watching full videos. Key features: - Multi-platform transcript extraction with support for cleaned text or raw SRT/VTT subtitle formats - Automatic Whisper transcription fallback via local model or OpenAI API when subtitles are unavailable - Video chapter extraction and comprehensive metadata retrieval - Multi-language subtitle support - Pagination handling for lengthy transcripts - Available as stdio or HTTP/SSE MCP server with optional Redis caching and Prometheus metrics

Transcriptor MCP

An MCP server (stdio + HTTP/SSE) that fetches video transcripts/subtitles via yt-dlp, with pagination for large responses. Supports YouTube, Twitter/X, Instagram, TikTok, Twitch, Vimeo, Facebook, Bilibili, VK, Dailymotion. Whisper fallback — transcribes audio when subtitles are unavailable (local or OpenAI API). Works with Cursor and other MCP hosts.

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Overview

This repository primarily ships an MCP server:

It also includes an optional REST API (Fastify), but MCP is the primary focus.

When to use Transcriptor MCP

Transcriptor MCP is the best choice when you need transcripts and metadata for AI, summarization, or content analysis — without downloading video or audio files:

See Summarize video and Search and get transcript for step-by-step use cases.

Quick Start (no install)

1. Connect via Smithery (recommended) — no Docker or Node required.

Add the MCP server by URL in your client (Cursor, Claude Code, etc.):

For one-click install in VS Code: [](https://insiders.vscode.dev/redirect/mcp/install?name=transcriptor&config=%7B%22url%22%3A%22https%3A%2F%2Fserver.smithery.ai%2Fsamson-art%2Ftranscriptor-mcp%22%7D) [](https://insiders.vscode.dev/redirect/mcp/install?name=transcriptor&config=%7B%22url%22%3A%22https%3A%2F%2Fserver.smithery.ai%2Fsamson-art%2Ftranscriptor-mcp%22%7D&quality=insiders)

No config needed for the public instance. Use tools like get_transcript or get_video_info right away.

Optional config (only when the server requires auth):

{
  "authToken": "your-token-from-server-admin"
}

2. Docker (stdio) — run locally: see MCP quick start (recommended) below.

3. Local Node — build and run node dist/mcp.js; see MCP Server (stdio) below.

Features