Guides
Practical walkthroughs for getting transcripts out of YouTube and into your notes, your code, and your AI workflows.
Give ChatGPT YouTube transcripts with a Custom GPT Action on the Scribefy API. Setup, OpenAPI schema, and auth — plus how it differs from MCP.
Read guide →Add the Scribefy MCP server to Cursor so your agent can fetch, search, and read YouTube transcripts. Step-by-step mcp.json setup, free tools, timestamps.
Read guide →Set up the Scribefy MCP server in Windsurf (Cascade) so it can search YouTube and pull timestamped transcripts. Step-by-step mcp_config.json guide.
Read guide →How to give Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, and ChatGPT access to YouTube transcripts — MCP setup, the REST API, research workflows, and which option fits.
Read guide →Go beyond one transcript — use Claude + the Scribefy MCP server to search, triage, and read across many YouTube videos, then synthesize the findings.
Read guide →Get a YouTube transcript in Spanish, French, or any language — how caption languages work, how to pick one, and what to do when yours isn't available.
Read guide →Wiring YouTube transcripts into a Claude or Cursor agent? Compare your options — free open-source MCP servers, managed transcript APIs, and Scribefy.
Read guide →Wire YouTube transcripts into Claude with the Scribefy MCP server so it can fetch, search, and reason over videos. Setup, prompts, and research patterns.
Read guide →Save a YouTube transcript as a clean TXT or Markdown file — with or without timestamps — for notes, docs, and AI prompts, or build your own via the API.
Read guide →No transcript button on a video? How YouTube's auto-generated (ASR) captions work, when a transcript is still available, and what to do when there's none.
Read guide →Get the full text of any YouTube video free — three ways, including a one-click tool that keeps clickable timestamps and exports to TXT or Markdown.
Read guide →Summarize any YouTube video with Claude — paste the transcript or let Claude fetch it via MCP — with prompt templates for timestamped summaries.
Read guide →Pull YouTube transcripts from your code via a simple REST API, or wire them into Claude, Cursor, and Windsurf with the Scribefy MCP server.
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