# TranscriptAPI

> API and MCP server for pulling YouTube transcripts, search results and channels

- Category: Agents & dev (`agents`)
- Tags: `free`, `paid`, `mcp`
- Official: https://transcriptapi.com
- Wunderlust: https://wunderlust.xyz/r/transcriptapi
- Image: https://wunderlust.xyz/media/transcriptapi-poster.jpg
- Video preview: https://wunderlust.xyz/media/transcriptapi.webm
- Added: 2026-11-05

## What it is

TranscriptAPI is a hosted service with a REST API and an MCP server for extracting YouTube transcripts, searching videos and listing channels and playlists.

## What it’s for

To bring YouTube transcripts into a knowledge base or workflow, such as an Obsidian wiki workflow.

## Benefits

- Transcripts with or without timestamps, in a language of your choice
- Search across all of YouTube or within a single channel
- Integrates with n8n, Make, Zapier and MCP clients
- Doesn't use the YouTube Data API quota

## Caveats

- Starts with 100 free credits; US$ 5 per month for 1,000 credits, or US$ 54 per year

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