TranscriptYTHow to ask AI about a YouTube video
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Paste the video link
Long lectures, podcasts, and tutorials are where this saves the most time.
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Ask a question
Ask what it says about a topic, what the steps are, or whether it covers something at all.
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Jump to the moment
Each answer links to the timestamps where the video covers it, so you can check it in context.
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Need transcripts at scale? Use the API
The same transcripts are available through the YouTube Transcript API: timestamped JSON, text, SRT, VTT, CSV, or Markdown, 150+ languages, and AI transcription for videos without captions. Or connect the YouTube MCP server to Claude, Cursor, or Codex and just paste links in chat.
curl "https://transcript-yt.com/v1/transcript?url=5f3Pn-N6yLc&format=text" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer ts_live_..."
Common questions
Is it free to chat with a YouTube video?
Yes. A few questions a day are free with no account, and signing in with Google raises the limit.
Does the AI watch the video?
It reads the video's transcript, which covers everything that's said. It can't see what's only shown on screen.
What if the video doesn't answer my question?
The AI is told to answer only from the transcript, so it says when the video doesn't cover something instead of guessing.
Can I chat with a video in ChatGPT or Claude instead?
Yes. Connect the TranscriptYT MCP server to Claude, Cursor, or Codex, then paste YouTube links in your normal chat and ask anything, across as many videos as you like.
Does it work in other languages?
Yes. Answers come in the language of the video's captions.