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importly-mcp

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github.com/yyildizMedia & Design0Updated 15w ago
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About importly-mcp

importly-mcp lets AI agents download, transcribe, and inspect video or audio URLs from supported sites. Its tools run asynchronous jobs and return hosted media links, transcripts, or metadata.

Key features

  1. 01Download media from URLs
  2. 02Transcribe speech with timestamps
  3. 03Retrieve detailed media metadata
  4. 04Quickly look up basic metadata
  5. 05Check remaining credit balance

Use cases

  1. 01Transcribe a talk and review its content
  2. 02Download a podcast episode's audio
  3. 03Check a video's duration and uploader

MCP support

The MCP server wraps the Importly API and exposes media import, transcription, metadata, and balance tools to MCP clients. Long-running tasks return job IDs that clients can poll.

Configuration

Local server config is the same for every client. Copy it into your client’s MCP config file.

mcp.json · Universal config
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io-importly-importly": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "importly-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "IMPORTLY_API_KEY": "<IMPORTLY_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}
Run commandnpx -y importly-mcp
Environment variables to set
IMPORTLY_API_KEYSecretImportly API key — free key with $3 credits at https://importly.io/?utm_source=mcp&utm_medium=integration&utm_campaign=official-registry

Local servers need a runtime on your machine (e.g. Node.js 18+). Config file locations differ by client; see your client’s docs.

Packages
npmimportly-mcp0.1.0

Tools

9

Saved tool list · updated 2w ago

ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
urlstringYesMedia page URL, e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...
audioQualityenumNoDefault mediumlowest | low | medium | high | best
includeAudiobooleanNoInclude audio stream (default true)
includeVideobooleanNoInclude video stream (default true)
videoQualityenumNoDefault 720plowest | 144p | 240p | 360p | 480p | 720p | 1080p | 1440p | 2160p | best
includeTranscriptbooleanNoAlso transcribe the audio in the same job
transcriptLanguagestringNoISO language hint for the transcript, e.g. "en"

Details

From the project README

Importly MCP Server

Give your AI agent the ability to download, transcribe, and inspect any video or audio URL — YouTube, TikTok, X, podcasts, and 1000+ other sites.

Importly runs yt-dlp, rotating residential proxies, ffmpeg, and speech-to-text server-side, so your agent (and you) never deal with IP bans, 429s, cookie rot, or extractor breakage.

Tools

ToolWhat it does
import_media / check_importDownload media to hosted storage, get a direct link (optionally with a transcript)
transcribe_media / check_transcriptionSpeech-to-text with timestamped segments
get_metadata / check_metadataFull metadata: formats, uploader, thumbnails, stats
get_basic_metadata / check_basic_metadataFast title/duration/thumbnail lookup
check_balanceRemaining credit balance

Jobs are async: submit tools return a jobId, check tools poll it. Responses tell the agent exactly what to do next.

Setup

  1. Get an API key at importly.io — $3.00 in free credits, no card required.
  2. Add the server to your MCP client:
Claude Code
claude mcp add importly -e IMPORTLY_API_KEY=your_key -- npx -y importly-mcp
Claude Desktop / Cursor / Cline / Windsurf
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "importly": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "importly-mcp"],
      "env": { "IMPORTLY_API_KEY": "your_key" }
    }
  }
}

(Claude Desktop: claude_desktop_config.json · Cursor: .cursor/mcp.json · Cline: MCP settings UI · Windsurf: ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json)

Example prompts

  • "Transcribe this talk and summarize the key points: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=…"
  • "Download the audio of this podcast episode and give me a link"
  • "How long is this video and who uploaded it?"

Pricing

Usage-based credits (downloads ~$0.01/MB, transcription per media minute) — see pricing. New accounts get $3.00 free.

Docs & support

MIT licensed. The server is a thin wrapper over the Importly API.

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