# transcriptapi-com

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/transcriptapi-com/  
**Website:** https://transcriptapi.com/  
**APIs profiled:** 1

TranscriptAPI provides a RESTful YouTube transcript API with video search, channel browsing, playlist extraction, and MCP integration for AI agents like ChatGPT and Claude. It offers 100 free credits to start, paid plans from $5/month, processes over 15 million transcripts monthly, and includes comprehensive documentation, SDKs, and agent skills for developers.

## Kin Score — 49.4 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-10-31 under rubric 0.25.0.

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 66.1 |
| Contract Quality | 50.9 |
| Contract Governance | 79.1 |
| Operational Transparency | 5.3 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 42.1 |
| Access Clarity | 44.7 |

Regulatory layer — **Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform)**: 31.8 (matched via fallback).

## Agent readiness — 61.5 (agent-ready)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | unknown |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | documented |
| Auth Clarity | served |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | verified |
| OpenAPI Examples | verified |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | unknown |
| Well Known Catalog | yes |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |
| Delegated Identity | served |
| Protected Resource Metadata | verified |
| Dynamic Client Registration | yes |
| Agentic Commerce | no |
| Pagination Ratio | na |
| Operation Distinctiveness | distinct |

## APIs (8)

- **transcriptapi-com Auth API** — The auth API from transcriptapi-com — 1 operation(s) for auth.
- **transcriptapi-com Channels API** — The Channels API from transcriptapi-com — 2 operation(s) for channels.
- **transcriptapi-com Health API** — The Health API from transcriptapi-com — 1 operation(s) for health.
- **transcriptapi-com Playlists API** — The Playlists API from transcriptapi-com — 1 operation(s) for playlists.
- **transcriptapi-com Public tools API** — The Public tools API from transcriptapi-com — 5 operation(s) for public tools.
- **transcriptapi-com Search API** — The Search API from transcriptapi-com — 1 operation(s) for search.
- **transcriptapi-com Transcripts API** — The Transcripts API from transcriptapi-com — 1 operation(s) for transcripts.
- **transcriptapi-com Webhooks API** — The Webhooks API from transcriptapi-com — 1 operation(s) for webhooks.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Transcriptapi Com Agentic Access** — 14 operations · 8 acting

## Security (2)

- **Transcriptapi Com Authentication** — 0 schemes
- **Transcriptapi Com Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Transcriptapi Com Plans Pricing**

## Tags

YouTube, Transcripts, Video, API, AI

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/transcriptapi-com/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.