Changelog

User-visible changes to the API, the MCP server, the dashboard and the docs, newest first.

November 3, 2026
- Fixed
  MCP: approving the same app twice (a double click, a second tab, a retry) no longer breaks the connection that was already working.
- Improved
  MCP: after you approve an app, the consent screen shows how to switch the connector on and a first prompt to try.
November 2, 2026
- New
  Guide: YouTube API transcripts, and why captions.download returns 403. Read more
October 30, 2026
- New
  Guide: YouTube transcripts in Google Sheets with a =YT_TRANSCRIPT() custom function. Read more
October 29, 2026
- New
  Guide: can Claude or ChatGPT watch YouTube videos? Read more
October 28, 2026
- New
  Guide: a transcript for every video in a YouTube playlist. Read more
October 27, 2026
- New
  Guide: YouTube MCP servers compared, local vs hosted. Read more
October 26, 2026
- New
  Guide: YouTube channel transcripts in bulk. Read more
October 19, 2026
- New
  Hosted YouTube MCP server, with setup guides for Claude, ChatGPT, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, n8n and more. Sign in with OAuth or use an API key. Read more
- New
  YouTube AI agent recipes for Claude and ChatGPT Projects, plus n8n and Make templates. Read more
- New
  Dashboard → Connect apps: one-click MCP setup per app, with live status when the app connects and makes its first call.
- New
  Credit headers: every successful response carries X-Credits-Charged and X-Credits-Remaining. Read more
- Improved
  New accounts land on a welcome screen with a ready API key and curl command. The dashboard shows your credits, and 402 errors say exactly what ran out and what to do.
- New
  OpenAPI 3.1 spec at /openapi.json, for agents and API tools. Read more
- New
  A Markdown copy of every docs page (add .md to the URL) and /llms-full.txt for AI assistants. Read more
- Improved
  Docs now match the API's behaviour exactly: the language parameter, how true/false parameters are read, and which headers come with which errors. Read more
- Fixed
  Approving an MCP connection in Chrome no longer shows “Request blocked”.
- Fixed
  Reconnecting the same MCP app no longer leaves duplicate entries in Connect apps.
- Fixed
  Claude and other apps now show our own icon for the connector.
- Fixed
  The dashboard's “Requests (7d)” now counts your successful requests from the last 7 days.
October 18, 2026
- New
  GET /account/whoami returns your plan and credit balance. It's free and works at a zero balance. Read more
- Improved
  The 300 requests per minute limit is now enforced consistently for each key, whichever of our servers answers. Read more
- New
  Monthly and Annual plans with top-ups replace one-time credit packs. The 100 free sign-up credits stay. Read more
- New
  Permanent transcript storage: each transcript is fetched once and kept, so every later request for it, in any format, comes back fast. Read more
- New
  Sign up and log in with a password, with forgot and reset password.
- Fixed
  New accounts briefly showed 200 credits instead of 100.
October 16, 2026
- New
  First release: the REST API for transcripts, search, channels and playlists, with 100 free credits on sign-up. Read more