Comparison

claude-video-vision vs TranscriptAPI (YouTube)

TranscriptAPI (YouTube) is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑27.

claude-video-vision is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by jordanrendric. Marketplaces we read that list it: 2 (Claude Code: claude-plugins-community, Community GitHub marketplaces). TranscriptAPI (YouTube) is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Zero Point Studio. No marketplace we read lists it any more. As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-30. 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-vision	TranscriptAPI (YouTube)
Claude Code: claude-plugins-community	Listed Version: 1.2.0 Forks (GitHub): 169 Stars (GitHub): 1 437 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-11	Not listed
Community marketplace zeropointrepo/youtube-mcp	Not listed	Removed on 2026-10-27 Version: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 3 Stars (GitHub): 13 Not marked · First seen 2026-10-14

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-vision vs TranscriptAPI (YouTube)
Fact	claude-video-vision	TranscriptAPI (YouTube)no longer listed · 2026-10-27
Marketplaces that list it (differs)	2	0
Stars (GitHub) (differs)	1 437	13
Forks (GitHub) (differs)	169	3
Last release	Not published	Not published
Where it runs (differs)	On your machine (claude-video-vision)	Remote server (transcriptapi.com/mcp)
Transport (differs)	Not stated	Streamable HTTP
Tools it declares	Not published	Not published
Environment variables it asks for	Not published	Not published
Parts of the bundle (differs)	5	2
Licence	MIT	MIT
Repository (differs)	github.com/jordanrendric/claude-video-vision	github.com/zeropointrepo/youtube-mcp
Changes in the last 7 days	2	2
First seen (differs)	2026-10-11	2026-10-14

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 TranscriptAPI (YouTube)

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

TranscriptAPI — YouTube transcripts (transcriptapi.io)

YouTube transcripts, search, channels and playlists for AI agents, by transcriptapi.io.

by transcriptapi.io · MCP server

Listed on: Official MCP Registry · Describes nearly the same job
YouTube Transcript + YouTube Search MCP

YouTube transcripts, search, channel browsing, and playlists for AI agents via MCP.

by getyoutubetranscript.com · MCP server

Listed on: Official MCP Registry · Describes nearly the same job
YouTube Transcript & Search MCP Server

YouTube transcripts, search, channels, playlists and bulk transcript jobs for AI agents. 14 tools.

by transcriptout.com · MCP server

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

YouTube transcripts, search, and channel and playlist listings for any AI app. Hosted.

by youtubetranscriptapi.com · MCP server

Listed on: Official MCP Registry · Describes nearly the same job
YouTube Scraper with Transcripts

YouTube videos, channels, playlists, search to JSON: views, likes, dates and full transcripts.

by saulius876-lgtm · MCP server

Listed on: Official MCP Registry · Describes nearly the same job
youtube-transcripts io.github.fetchworks-dev/youtube-transcripts

YouTube transcripts for AI agents: videos, channels, playlists, search. Timestamps, SRT, VTT.

by fetchworks-dev · MCP server

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

Its card, with similar plugins by marketplace

What each says it does

claude-video-vision

In its own words, on Claude Code: claude-plugins-community:

A perception layer that gives Claude Code the ability to watch and understand videos. Extracts frames via ffmpeg and processes audio through multiple configurable backends (Gemini API, local Whisper, or OpenAI Whisper API). Claude receives the frames as images plus an audio transcription with timestamps and reasons about them together. Includes an interactive setup wizard, adaptive extraction (fps, resolution, and time ranges automatically adjust to the user's question), and auto-download of Whisper models. 100% free and open source.

TranscriptAPI (YouTube)

In its own words, on Community GitHub marketplaces:

YouTube transcripts, video and channel search, channel browsing and playlist extraction for AI agents, via the hosted TranscriptAPI MCP server. OAuth sign-in, free tier, no API key to manage.

How to run each

claude-video-vision As a Claude Code plugin

Claude Code

/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
/plugin install claude-video-vision@claude-community

TranscriptAPI (YouTube)

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

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

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

What it can do: claude-video-vision · What it can do: TranscriptAPI (YouTube) · 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 public marketplace files in GitHub repositories of their authors. Figures come from our own regular passes over the marketplaces, last read on 2026-10-30. We publish no contact details for plugin publishers.