Comparison

claude-video-digest vs io.github.jkawamoto/mcp-youtube-transcript

claude-video-digest is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑16.

claude-video-digest is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by anaidenko. No marketplace we read lists it any more. io.github.jkawamoto/mcp-youtube-transcript is an MCP server published by jkawamoto. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Official MCP Registry, Docker MCP Catalog). As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-28. A plugin in this pair is no longer listed on any marketplace we read, so search engines are asked not to index the page.

Where each is published

Where each is published
Marketplace	claude-video-digest	io.github.jkawamoto/mcp-youtube-transcript
Community marketplace anaidenko/claude-plugins	Removed on 2026-10-16 Version: 1.1.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 1 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-15	Not listed
Official MCP Registry	Not listed	Listed Version: 0.8.3 Forks (GitHub): 78 Stars (GitHub): 493 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11
Docker MCP Catalog	Not listed	Listed Version: sha256:90eefb484754 Forks (GitHub): 78 Pulls (Docker Hub): 304 580 Stars (Docker Hub): 19 Stars (GitHub): 493 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11

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

claude-video-digest vs io.github.jkawamoto/mcp-youtube-transcript
Fact	claude-video-digestno longer listed · 2026-10-16	io.github.jkawamoto/mcp-youtube-transcript
Marketplaces that list it (differs)	0	2
Stars (GitHub) (differs)	1	493
Pulls (Docker Hub) (differs)	No figure on Docker Hub	304 580
Forks (GitHub) (differs)	0	78
Last release (differs)	Not published	2026-10-28
Where it runs (differs)	Installs as a plugin bundle	On your machine (https://github.com/jkawamoto/mcp-youtube-transcript/releases/download/v0.8.3/mcp-youtube-transcript.mcpb)
Transport (differs)	Not stated	stdio
Tools it declares (differs)	Not published	4
Environment variables it asks for	Not published	Not published
Parts of the bundle (differs)	1	Not a bundle
Licence	MIT	MIT
Repository (differs)	github.com/anaidenko/claude-video-digest	github.com/jkawamoto/mcp-youtube-transcript
Changes in the last 7 days (differs)	0	8
First seen (differs)	2026-10-15	2026-10-11

Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. No value is marked better or worse: a plugin no marketplace lists any more is shown with its last known data, which we do not rank against current figures.

What to use instead of claude-video-digest

Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.

claude-real-video

Let Claude actually watch a video — scene-aware, deduplicated keyframes + timestamped transcript from a URL or local file. Runs 100% locally, no API key.

by huangchihhungleo · Plugin bundle

Listed on: Community GitHub marketplaces · Describes nearly the same job
video

Watch a video with /video — transcript, key frames, OCR, and timeline from a URL or local file, answered with timestamps.

by Guilherme Matheus · Plugin bundle

Listed on: Community GitHub marketplaces · Describes nearly the same job
Yueying – Let AI watch videos

Local videos or YouTube/Bilibili URLs -> timestamped transcript, keyframes, contact sheets. Offline.

by vsh5dvsch7-png · MCP server

Listed on: Official MCP Registry · Describes nearly the same job
MnogoReels

Turn long videos into captioned vertical shorts, transcripts and articles with MnogoReels.

by mnogo-reels.ru · MCP server

Listed on: Official MCP Registry · Describes nearly the same job
video-extractor

Video tutorial to Markdown converter — uses mlx-whisper GPU-accelerated transcription + macOS native Vision OCR + intelligent keyframe extraction. Optimized for Apple Silicon.

by Esonhugh · Plugin bundle

Listed on: Community GitHub marketplaces · Describes nearly the same job
analyze

Analyze any video (URL or local file) and produce a structured .avt (Agentic Video Transcript) file. Uses Gemini 2.5 Flash for native video understanding, extracts transcripts…

by docusphere · Plugin bundle

Listed on: Community GitHub marketplaces · Describes nearly the same job

Its card, with similar plugins by marketplace

What each says it does

claude-video-digest

In its own words, on Community GitHub marketplaces:

Turns any video into a readable digest — timestamped contact sheet, frame-grouped transcript, no hallucinated captions on silent tracks.

io.github.jkawamoto/mcp-youtube-transcript

In its own words, on Official MCP Registry:

An MCP server retrieving transcripts of YouTube videos

How to run each

claude-video-digest

No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.

io.github.jkawamoto/mcp-youtube-transcript As a local MCP server: Docker image

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio youtube-transcript -- docker run -i --rm mcp/youtube-transcript

Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.

Tools each declares

The marketplaces of claude-video-digest publish no list of tools, so we do not compare tools.

Settings each asks for

Neither one's marketplaces publish the settings it asks for.

What it can do: claude-video-digest · What it can do: io.github.jkawamoto/mcp-youtube-transcript · Compare two other plugins

Data comes from public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. Data comes from the Official MCP Registry (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io), CC0 1.0. Data comes from the Docker MCP Catalog (desktop.docker.com/mcp/catalog) and Docker Hub. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on 2026-10-28. We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.