MCP YouTube Transcript
An MCP server retrieving transcripts of YouTube videos
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Read Reddit, X, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, LinkedIn and Hacker News in full, with sources.
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Works in Claude on the web, desktop and mobile:
https://api.scrollhound.com/mcpRun this in your terminal
claude mcp add --transport http scrollhound https://api.scrollhound.com/mcpPaste into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"scrollhound": {
"url": "https://api.scrollhound.com/mcp"
}
}
}Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.
Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project
{
"servers": {
"scrollhound": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://api.scrollhound.com/mcp"
}
}
}Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.
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An MCP server retrieving transcripts of YouTube videos
GA4 MCP server for AI agents: schema discovery, server-side aggregation, analysis-ready defaults.
AI video summarizer: summarize and transcribe YouTube, Bilibili, TikTok and podcast videos.
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Scrollhound
Social research for your AI. Claude, ChatGPT and other AI tools read Reddit, X, YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, LinkedIn, Threads, Bluesky, Facebook, Pinterest and Hacker News in full, and quote what they read with a link on every quote.
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This repository holds what you need to add Scrollhound to an AI app: the connector details, the Claude plugin and the research skills. Scrollhound itself is a hosted service; there is no server code to run here.
| Platform | What your AI gets |
|---|---|
| Subreddits with their rules, posting requirements and wikis, top and new posts, post and comment search, subreddit search, and posts with their comment trees | |
| X | Posts, threads, replies, quotes, Articles, a creator's posts, mentions of an account, search and trends |
| YouTube | Videos with full transcripts, comments, channel uploads, Shorts and Posts tabs, trending Shorts and search |
| TikTok | Videos with transcripts, comments, a creator's videos, followers by country, trending videos, sounds, hashtags, search and the ad library |
| Posts and Reels with transcripts, comments, a creator's posts, Reels and tagged posts, trending Reels, sounds, hashtags and search | |
| Posts, profiles, company pages, post search and the Ad Library | |
| Threads | Posts, profiles and search |
| Bluesky | Posts and profiles |
| Public pages and groups: posts, reels, comments and transcripts, plus the Meta ad library | |
| Pins, boards and search | |
| The Google ad library | |
| Hacker News | Stories, comment trees and search |
Accounts can also be found by name on Instagram, TikTok and X.
Every item comes back with its link, so answers can be checked and cited. Scrollhound only reads: it never posts, likes, follows or messages anyone, and it never asks for your social media passwords.
One link works everywhere:
https://api.scrollhound.com/mcp
Sign in with your email and a one-time code when your app asks. A new account starts with 100 free reads, no card needed.
| App | How |
|---|---|
| Claude (web, desktop, Cowork) | Customize → Connectors → + Add → Add custom connector, paste the link. Steps |
| ChatGPT | Plugins → + → Add custom MCP server, paste the link, choose OAuth. Steps |
| Claude Code | claude mcp add --transport http scrollhound https://api.scrollhound.com/mcp, or install the plugin below |
| Cursor, VS Code, Codex, Gemini CLI | Setup guides |
| Grok, Perplexity, Le Chat, Muse, Manus, n8n | Setup guides |
| OpenClaw, Cline, Zed, Warp, goose and other agents | Setup guides |
The plugin adds the connector and the research skills to Claude Code and Cowork in one step:
claude plugin marketplace add DoddleSoft/scrollhound-mcp
claude plugin install scrollhound@scrollhound
Skills teach your AI how to do a research job well: which sources to read, how much, and how to present the result with quotes and links. They work with the connector or with the scrollhound CLI.
| Skill | What it does |
|---|---|
| Voice of customer | Pains and wants from Reddit comments and threads, as a table of pain, exact quote and link |
| Mine the comments | Questions, objections and reusable phrases from a comment section |
| Competitor channel teardown | What a YouTube channel's breakout videos have in common |
| Short-form video teardown | Hooks, structure and length of a creator's best TikToks or Reels |
| Hook research | A creator's best opening lines on X or YouTube, by hook type |
| LinkedIn teardown | Which posts land for a company or creator, and the ads a company runs |
| Weekly niche brief | The week in a niche across Reddit, X and YouTube, with sources |
| Check a subreddit before you post | The rules, posting requirements and wiki, what gets traction, and a check of your draft |
| Brand mentions digest | What people said about a brand this week: complaints, praise, questions |
| Trending in my niche | What's trending on TikTok, Reels and Shorts in a niche, with the hooks |
| Competitor ads | A company's Meta, TikTok, Google and LinkedIn ads, by offer and call to action |
| Creator shortlist | Creators in a niche compared on followers, recent views and fit |
Install them
npm i -g scrollhound, then scrollhound skill install (add --openclaw for OpenClaw).100 free reads to start, then monthly plans or pay-as-you-go reads. See scrollhound.com/#pricing.
The files in this repository (skills, manifests and docs) are under the MIT License. The Scrollhound service is provided under its terms of service. Scrollhound is a product of Doddle Software Limited.