Vidskim: YouTube transcripts

com.vidskim由 vidskim.com 發布官方發布者v1.0.2更新於 Oct 31, 2026

Let AI assistants read YouTube: transcripts with clickable timestamps, chapters, search, channels.

已驗證Streamable HTTP可網頁執行網頁搜尋與抓取媒體與設計

概覽

AI 產生的概覽

託管式 MCP 伺服器，讓助理讀取公開的 YouTube 影片：含可點擊時間戳的完整字幕、章節、影片內搜尋，以及頻道與播放清單清單。

可以做什麼
  • 取得 Markdown 格式的完整字幕，含章節與每段的可點擊時間戳，長影片分段回傳，可依時間範圍單獨讀取，並支援機器翻譯
  • 在單一影片內搜尋某個主題的相關段落
  • 查詢影片資訊：標題、頻道、日期、觀看次數、簡介與章節
  • 依主題搜尋 YouTube，並列出頻道最新上傳或播放清單中的影片
適用情境
適合讓助理依據影片實際說出的內容作答，並附上可核對的時間戳；也適合在還沒有連結時先找影片或查看頻道上傳。可用於研究、摘要演講或教學影片、引用特定片段。
執行需求
遠端 Streamable HTTP 端點，無需安裝，也不需要 API 金鑰。透過 OAuth 2.1（含動態用戶端註冊）以 Google 登入，並在用戶端中新增為自訂連接器或遠端 MCP 伺服器。僅支援有字幕的公開影片；免費方案每月 30 部影片。
安裝前請注意
以 Google 登入會授予此伺服器 OAuth 授權，請確認允許的範圍。所有工具皆為唯讀，伺服器不會發文或操作你的 YouTube 帳號。字幕只包含語音，畫面上的文字與簡報會遺漏；沒有字幕、私人或會員專屬影片只會回傳提示而非內容。免費方案每月上限 30 部影片。

安裝

在 SourceWeft 中

  1. 開啟 儀表板中的 Vidskim: YouTube transcripts，將其新增到工作區。
  2. 連接 所需的 憑證。它們會被私密儲存，絕不會在公開頁面上展示。
  3. 為需要使用其工具的對話啟用該服務。

Web executable，透過 Streamable HTTP。 遠端服務在工作區中設定後即可從網頁執行環境執行。

交給代理程式安裝

把這段提示詞貼上到 Claude Code、Codex、Cursor 等代理程式，或 SourceWeft 對話中。代理程式會讀取該伺服器的安裝指南，先向你展示發布者、端點和登入方式，經你同意後再把它新增到你的客戶端。金鑰不會寫進任何命令。

閱讀 https://sourceweft.com/mcp/com.vidskim%2Fyoutube/install.md，並按其中說明把這個 MCP 伺服器接入我的客戶端。修改任何設定之前，先告訴我它的發布者、端點和登入方式，等我確認。不要把 API 金鑰寫進命令或我會提交的檔案；問我金鑰應從哪裡取得。

檢視代理程式所依據的安裝指南

其他 MCP 客戶端

把它新增到你客戶端的 mcpServers 設定中。 客戶端會在首次連接時完成 OAuth 登入。

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vidskim-youtube-transcripts": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://vidskim.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

README

[Vidskim logo]

Vidskim: YouTube MCP server

A hosted Model Context Protocol server that lets Claude, ChatGPT, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, and other MCP clients read YouTube videos. It returns full transcripts with chapters and a clickable timestamp on every paragraph, so the assistant answers from what was actually said and you can check each claim in one click.

https://vidskim.com/api/mcp

Remote server, Streamable HTTP, OAuth 2.1 with dynamic client registration. Nothing to install, no API key: paste the URL and sign in with Google.

Website and docs: vidskim.com/mcp · Registry: com.vidskim/youtube · Listed in the Claude connector directory

Tools

ToolWhat it does
get_transcriptFull transcript in Markdown with chapters and a timestamp link on every paragraph. Long videos come in parts; any time range can be read on its own; YouTube's machine translation is available for other languages.
search_transcriptFinds the passages about a topic inside one video.
get_video_infoTitle, channel, date, views, description, and chapters.
search_youtubeFinds videos by topic when you don't have a link yet.
list_channel_videosA channel's latest uploads, or the videos in a playlist.

All tools are read-only. Vidskim never posts, comments, or touches your YouTube account.

Connect

Claude (claude.ai, Desktop, mobile)

Vidskim is listed in the Claude connector directory. Open claude.ai/directory/vidskim, click Connect to Claude, sign in with Google, and press Allow.

Or add it as a custom connector:

  1. Open Settings → Connectors and choose Add custom connector.
  2. Name it Vidskim and paste https://vidskim.com/api/mcp.
  3. Click Connect, sign in with Google, and press Allow.

Tip: choose Always allow for the Vidskim tools the first time Claude asks, so long videos (which arrive in several parts) don't ask again for every part.

ChatGPT

  1. Open Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced and turn on Developer mode.
  2. Back in Apps & Connectors, click Create, name it Vidskim, paste the URL, and pick OAuth.
  3. Sign in with Google, press Allow, then turn Vidskim on in a chat from the + menu.

Claude Code

bash
claude mcp add --transport http vidskim https://vidskim.com/api/mcp

Then type /mcp inside Claude Code, pick vidskim, and sign in.

Cursor

Add to ~/.cursor/mcp.json:

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

Cursor opens the sign-in the first time a tool runs.

VS Code

bash
code --add-mcp '{"name":"vidskim","type":"http","url":"https://vidskim.com/api/mcp"}'

Start the server from the MCP view and sign in when Copilot asks.

Any other MCP client

Add a remote MCP server with the Streamable HTTP transport and the URL above. Authentication is standard OAuth 2.1 with dynamic client registration.

Example

Explain how this video says a transformer works, in a few short points with timestamps: https://youtu.be/wjZofJX0v4M

  • A chatbot works by predicting a probability distribution for the next chunk of text, sampling from it, and repeating 2:01.
  • The input is split into tokens, and each token becomes a vector meant to encode its meaning 3:04.
  • In the attention block those vectors pass information to each other 4:05.

Limits

  • Works with public YouTube videos that have captions, uploaded or auto-generated, in any language. Videos with no captions, private, members-only, or removed videos return a clear message instead of a guess.
  • A transcript is speech only: slides and on-screen text are missing unless the speaker reads them out.
  • Free plan: 30 videos a month. Each video counts once, so follow-up questions and searches inside it don't use more.

Privacy and support

This repository holds the listing files for MCP directories (this README and server.json). The server itself is hosted at vidskim.com.

Vidskim is independent and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by YouTube, Google, Anthropic, or OpenAI.

來源：README.md，提交 789625d

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  1. v1.0.2最新Oct 31, 2026
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