Install YouTube Transcripts, Comments & Channel Analytics in Claude Code
What you need first
- Claude Code, installed.
- Nothing else: the server runs on its publisher's machines and Claude Code connects to it.
Steps
- Run this in a terminal, in the project folder. It adds the server for you in that
project; put
--scope userafterclaude mcp addto have it in every project.
claude mcp add --transport http tubetext-youtube-transcripts 'https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,tubetext/youtube-transcript-fast,tubetext/youtube-shorts-scraper,tubetext/youtube-tiktok-comments-api,tubetext/youtube-channel-analytics,tubetext/socialblade-scraper,tubetext/shot-by-shot-video-analysis'- Start Claude Code and type
/mcp: the server is listed with its state.
Check it worked
Ask Claude Code: List the tools of tubetext-youtube-transcripts.
If it does not start
- 401 Unauthorized
- The endpoint wants a sign-in or a key. Sign in when Claude Code asks.