yt-text
YouTube transcript extraction with MCP server -- Whisper STT fallback, PoToken support
Install
cargo add yt-text Overview
Rust MCP server for structured YouTube transcript extraction.
A compiled Model Context Protocol server
that extracts YouTube transcripts over stdio. Gives AI agents structured access
to video captions in JSON, Markdown, SRT, VTT, or plain text.
Published docs site:
- <https://transscendsurvival.org/yt-text/>
Differences from existing tools:
- Structured typed output, not raw text dumps
- PoToken support for BotGuard challenge solving (opt-in)
- Local Whisper STT fallback for captionless videos...