YouTube Transcript Extension

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This tutorial covers how to add the YouTube Transcript MCP Server as a Goose extension to enable fetching and working with YouTube video transcripts.

TLDR

Goose Desktop

Launch the installer

Goose CLI

Command

uvx --from git+https://github.com/jkawamoto/mcp-youtube-transcript mcp-youtube-transcript

Configuration

info

Note that you'll need Node.js installed on your system to run this command, as it uses npx.

Goose Desktop

1. Launch the installer
2. Press Yes to confirm the installation
3. Click Save Configuration
4. Scroll to the top and click Exit from the upper left corner

Goose CLI

1. Run the configure command:

goose configure

2. Choose to add a Command-line Extension

  ┌   goose-configure 
  │
  ◇  What would you like to configure?
  │  Add Extension (Connect to a new extension) 
  │
  ◆  What type of extension would you like to add?
  │  ○ Built-in Extension 
  │  ● Command-line Extension (Run a local command or script)
  │  ○ Remote Extension 
  └ 

3. Give your extension a name

  ┌   goose-configure 
  │
  ◇  What would you like to configure?
  │  Add Extension (Connect to a new extension) 
  │
  ◇  What type of extension would you like to add?
  │  Command-line Extension 
  │
  ◆  What would you like to call this extension?
  │  youtube-transcript
  └ 

4. Enter the command

  ┌   goose-configure 
  │
  ◇  What would you like to configure?
  │  Add Extension (Connect to a new extension) 
  │
  ◇  What type of extension would you like to add?
  │  Command-line Extension 
  │
  ◇  What would you like to call this extension?
  │  youtube-transcript
  │
  ◆  What command should be run?
  │  npx -y @jkawamoto/mcp-youtube-transcript
  └ 

5. Enter the number of seconds Goose should wait for actions to complete before timing out. Default is 300s

┌   goose-configure 
│
◇  What would you like to configure?
│  Add Extension (Connect to a new extension) 
│
◇  What type of extension would you like to add?
│  Command-line Extension 
│
◇  What would you like to call this extension?
│  youtube-transcript
│
◇  What command should be run?
│  npx -y @jkawamoto/mcp-youtube-transcript
│
◆  Please set the timeout for this tool (in secs):
│  300
│
└ 

6. Choose to add a description. If you select "Yes" here, you will be prompted to enter a description for the extension.

 ┌   goose-configure 
 │
 ◇  What would you like to configure?
 │  Add Extension (Connect to a new extension) 
 │
 ◇  What type of extension would you like to add?
 │  Command-line Extension 
 │
 ◇  What would you like to call this extension?
 │  knowledge graph memory
 │
 ◇  What command should be run?
 │  npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/server-memory
 │
 ◆  Please set the timeout for this tool (in secs):
 │  300
 │
 ◇  Would you like to add a description?
 │  No
 │
 └ 

7. No environment variables are required for this extension

  ┌   goose-configure 
  │
  ◇  What would you like to configure?
  │  Add Extension (Connect to a new extension) 
  │
  ◇  What type of extension would you like to add?
  │  Command-line Extension 
  │
  ◇  What would you like to call this extension?
  │  youtube-transcript
  │
  ◇  What command should be run?
  │  npx -y @jkawamoto/mcp-youtube-transcript
  │
  ◇  Please set the timeout for this tool (in secs):
  │  300
  │
  ◇  Would you like to add a description?
  │  No    // highlight-start
  │
  ◆  Would you like to add environment variables?
  │  No
  └  Added youtube-transcript extension

Example Usage

The YouTube Transcript extension allows you to fetch and work with transcripts from YouTube videos. You'll need the video ID from the YouTube URL you want to get the transcript for.

Goose Prompt

Get me the transcript for this YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

Goose Output

CLI

I'll help you get the transcript for that video. The video ID is "dQw4w9WgXcQ". Let me fetch the transcript for you.

Here's the transcript:

[Transcript content would appear here with timestamps and text]

I've retrieved the transcript for Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up" music video. The transcript shows the lyrics of the song, though there are some minor transcription errors due to the automated nature of the system. The transcript includes the iconic chorus and verses of this famous 1987 song, which has become one of the most well-known internet memes, often used for "rickrolling."

Would you like me to help you with anything else regarding the video or its transcript?