YouTube

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MCP Server for YouTube that uses yt-dlp to download subtitles and connect to AI assistants

About YouTube MCP Server

YouTube is an MCP server in the Content & Media category. It exposes tools, resources to connected AI applications, enabling them to interact with youtube capabilities through the standardized Model Context Protocol.

Features

Tools
Resources

Category

Content & Media
Getting Started

To use the YouTube MCP server in your AI application, follow these steps:

  1. Install the MCP client SDK for your platform
  2. Connect to the YouTube MCP server
  3. Authenticate with your YouTube credentials
  4. Start using the tools, resources, and prompts provided by the server

Example Code


// Connect to the YouTube MCP server
const server = await mcp.connect("youtube");

// List available tools
const tools = await server.tools.list();

// List available resources
const resources = await server.resources.list();

// List available prompts
const prompts = await server.prompts.list();
                      
Installation

npm

npm install @mcp/server-youtube

pip

pip install mcp-server-youtube
Compatible With
Claude Desktop
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Windsurf
Zed
Any MCP-compatible client