YouTube MCP

Name: YouTube MCP
Author: anaisbetts

anaisbetts

Downloads YouTube video subtitles with yt-dlp so agents can summarize and analyze video content.

Setup

Choose your client, copy the config, then fill in any required environment variables.

claude mcp add youtube -- npx mcp-youtube

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.youtube]
command = "npx"
args = ["mcp-youtube"]

# codex mcp add youtube -- npx mcp-youtube

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "youtube": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-youtube"
      ]
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "youtube": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-youtube"
      ]
    }
  }
}

~/.gemini/settings.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "youtube": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-youtube"
      ]
    }
  }
}

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "youtube": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-youtube"
      ]
    }
  }
}

.trae/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "youtube": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-youtube"
      ]
    }
  }
}