# TranscriptOut

> A REST API for YouTube transcripts. Hand over a video, a playlist or a whole channel and get the
> subtitles back, with no scraper to run and no blocks or captchas to solve.

## What it does

- Transcripts of a single video, in JSON segments, plain text, SRT, VTT, or YouTube's raw srv3.
- Batch jobs of up to 4,000 videos at once, read while they are still running.
- Video metadata, channel and playlist listings, and search.
- An MCP server, so an assistant can call all of the above directly.

## Facts

- Base URL: https://api.transcriptout.com
- Auth: a Bearer key (`Authorization: Bearer sk_...`), issued in the dashboard.
- Pricing: 1 credit per call. Paid plans start at $4.49 a month, and there is a free grant on sign-up.
- Rate limit: 200 requests a minute per key.

## Documentation

- [API reference](https://transcriptout.com/docs): every endpoint, every parameter and every error code.
- [MCP server](https://transcriptout.com/mcp): connecting the MCP server to Claude, Cursor and other clients.
- [Agent skills](https://transcriptout.com/mcp#agent-skills): installable skills and the in-chat signup for agents.
- [Contact](https://transcriptout.com/contact): the one address to write to, and what people write about.
- [Terms of Service](https://transcriptout.com/terms): what the service promises and what it does not.
- [Refund Policy](https://transcriptout.com/refunds): when a call is refunded automatically, and when money is.
- [Privacy Policy](https://transcriptout.com/privacy): what is stored about a customer, and for how long.