claude-transcribe vs YouTube Transcript — FlashData
claude-transcribe is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by alicicek. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community). YouTube Transcript — FlashData is an MCP server published by flashdata-dev. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-13. This pair was picked by a reader, not by our comparison rule, so search engines are asked not to index the page.
Where each is published
| Marketplace |  claude-transcribe |  YouTube Transcript — FlashData |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Code: claude-plugins-community | Listed Version: ece37bc Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Official MCP Registry | Not listed | Listed Version: 0.1.1 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
Each figure is the marketplace's own and is never added up across marketplaces. A marketplace that publishes no figure shows none: no number is not zero.
The facts side by side
| Fact | claude-transcribe | YouTube Transcript — FlashData |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 1 | 1 |
| Stars (GitHub) | 0 | 0 |
| Forks (GitHub) | 0 | 0 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs (differs) | Installs as a plugin bundle | On your machine (https://github.com/flashdata-dev/flashdata-mcp/releases/download/smithery-task-servers-v0.1.1/flashdata-youtube-transcript-0.1.1.mcpb) |
| Transport (differs) | Not stated | stdio |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for (differs) | Not published | 1, secrets among them: 1 |
| Licence | Not stated | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/alicicek/claude-transcribe | github.com/flashdata-dev/flashdata-mcp |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 0 | 2 |
| First seen (differs) | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-13 |
Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. Where the data itself says which value is better (more marketplaces, a larger figure of the same marketplace, a fresher release, a verified mark on a marketplace that lists both), the better one is also marked green with ▲ and the worse one red with ▼. Where it runs, the transport, the tools, the settings, hooks, the bundle's parts, the licence and the week's changes are marked only as different: more or fewer is not better in itself.
What each says it does
claude-transcribe
Transcribe video and audio from URLs (YouTube, X/Twitter, TikTok, Vimeo, podcasts) or local media files into plain-text transcripts using yt-dlp + OpenAI Whisper. Auto-triggers when you ask Claude to research, transcribe, summarise, or take notes on a video. Runs entirely on-device — no audio is uploaded anywhere. Browser cookies are passed to yt-dlp automatically so age-gated and members-only sources work for signed-in users.
YouTube Transcript — FlashData
YouTube transcript text with timestamps from existing caption tracks. Paid FlashData API.
How to run each
claude-transcribe As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install claude-transcribe@claude-communityYouTube Transcript — FlashData
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
Requires: FLASHDATA_API_KEY (secret)
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
Neither one's marketplaces publish a list of tools, so there is nothing to compare.
Settings each asks for
The marketplaces of claude-transcribe publish no settings it asks for, so we do not compare settings.
What it can do: claude-transcribe · What it can do: YouTube Transcript — FlashData · Compare two other plugins
Data comes from the public marketplace file https://github.com/anthropics/claude-plugins-community/blob/HEAD/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on . We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.