Two Docs, Content & SEO plugins that describe overlapping jobs. Here's what each project says about itself and the public numbers, side by side.
| YouTube Skills by TranscriptAPI | BulkTranscripts: YouTube Transcripts | |
|---|---|---|
| What it says it does | Twelve drop-in agent skills for YouTube transcripts, timestamped captions and subtitles, video and channel search, playlists and channel browsing through the TranscriptAPI service. | Remote MCP server and skill for YouTube transcripts of one video, a whole channel or a playlist, plus YouTube search and new-upload tracking. |
| Maker | ZeroPointRepo | pratie |
| GitHub stars | 1,121 (checked 2026-10-26) | 1 (checked 2026-10-26) |
| Archived | No | No |
| Editor's pick | No | No |
| In our catalog since | 2026-10-25 | 2026-10-25 |
| Source | github.com/ZeroPointRepo/youtube-skills | github.com/pratie/bulktranscripts-mcp |
| Our page | YouTube Skills by TranscriptAPI → | BulkTranscripts: YouTube Transcripts → |
We haven't run both, so we won't pick a winner. On public signals, YouTube Skills by TranscriptAPI has more GitHub stars, which tells you more people have looked at it, not that it's better for you. Read both READMEs, check recent commits, and read the code before installing.