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rippr-mcp

YouTube transcript extraction for AI agents. MCP server for Claude, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible client.

No API keys. No signup. Runs locally.

Website · Chrome Extension · npm

Install

npx rippr-mcp

Claude Desktop

Add to ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "rippr": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "rippr-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add rippr -- npx -y rippr-mcp

Tools

`rip_transcript`

Extract the full transcript from a YouTube video.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`url`	string	yes	Any YouTube URL format
`format`	string	no	`"text"` (default, single block) or `"segments"` (timestamped JSON)

Output (text format):

Title: Video Title
Channel: Channel Name
Language: en (auto-generated)
URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...

Full transcript text as a single continuous block...

Output (segments format):

{
  "title": "Video Title",
  "channel": "Channel Name",
  "language": "en",
  "isAutoGenerated": true,
  "videoUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...",
  "segmentCount": 142,
  "segments": [
    { "start": 0.5, "duration": 2.1, "text": "Hello world" },
    { "start": 2.6, "duration": 1.8, "text": "Next segment" }
  ]
}

Prompts

Prompt	Description
`get_transcript`	Get the full transcript of a YouTube video
`summarize_video`	Get a transcript and summarize the key points
`extract_quotes`	Pull notable quotes or key statements, optionally filtered by topic
`compare_videos`	Compare the content of two YouTube videos
`research_topic`	Extract information relevant to a specific topic from a video

Resources

Resource	URI	Description
Output Formats	`rippr://formats`	Available transcript output formats and when to use each

Example queries

Get the transcript of this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
Summarize the key points from this talk: https://youtu.be/abc123
What does this video say about machine learning? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyz
Compare these two videos on the same topic: [url1] [url2]

How it works

Tries YouTube's InnerTube API (Android client) first
Falls back to HTML scraping if InnerTube fails
Parses caption XML in multiple formats (srv3, timedtext, JSON3)
Retries with exponential backoff on transient failures

No API keys required. Runs entirely on your machine.

Privacy

rippr-mcp runs locally. It only communicates with YouTube's own APIs to fetch caption data. No telemetry, no analytics, no tracking.

License

MIT