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Importly

@importlyRun by its publisher: served from their own domain, namespace checked by the registry.MCP server · External

Download, transcribe, and get metadata for any video/audio URL. Managed yt-dlp + speech-to-text.

Transcriptionv0.1.0MITTypeScript
Freeno charge per call
How to install

Runs on your machine from its package; the steps are below.

What it does

  1. Reads
  2. Writes
  3. High impact

At most: only reads or looks up information.

What it costs

Free

Odel charges nothing per call. The publisher may charge for its own service.

Runs locally over stdio

This server isn't hosted — your MCP client launches it from a package registry. Use one of the commands below, or drop the config into your client (e.g. Claude Desktop).

npmimportly-mcpv0.1.0

Run

npx -y importly-mcp

MCP client config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "importly": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "importly-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
README1 min read

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

bash
claude mcp add importly -e IMPORTLY_API_KEY=your_key -- npx -y importly-mcp

Claude Desktop / Cursor / Cline / Windsurf

json
{
  "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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