TubeScribe API

dev.transcriptapiPublished by transcriptapi.devv1.0.0Updated Oct 24, 2026

YouTube transcripts, metadata, timestamps, and AI summaries for AI agents. Auth: x-api-key.

VerifiedSTDIODesktop onlyWeb Search & Scraping Media & Design

Server details

Identifier: dev.transcriptapi/tubescribe
Transport: STDIO
Runtime: Desktop only
Trust: Verified
Published: Sep 16, 2026

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Overview

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Lets an assistant fetch YouTube transcripts, metadata, timestamps, and AI summaries for videos.

What you can do: TubeScribe API is a local MCP server that gives an assistant access to YouTube video data. Based on its description, it can retrieve transcripts, video metadata, timestamps, and AI-generated summaries. It runs as a local process on the user's machine over stdio.
When to use it: Useful when an assistant needs to read or summarize YouTube video content, pull transcripts for research or note-taking, or work with timestamped video data. Consider it if your workflow involves analyzing spoken content from YouTube videos.
Requirements: Runs as a local process on the user's machine over stdio; desktop only, not web-executable. The description states authentication uses an x-api-key header, so an API key is required. No packages, environment variables, or headers are declared in the manifest.

Before you install

The description indicates an x-api-key is used for authentication; keep that key secret and avoid exposing it in logs or shared configuration. The server sends requests to a third-party transcript service, so video identifiers and queries may leave your machine. No write, delete, or payment actions are described.

Installation

In SourceWeft

Open TubeScribe API in the dashboard and add it to a workspace.
Enable the server for the chats that should use its tools.

Desktop only via STDIO. STDIO servers start a local process, so they need the SourceWeft desktop host.

Tools

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Version history

v1.0.0LatestSep 16, 2026

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