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YouTube MCP Server

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A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server implementation for YouTube, enabling AI language models to interact with YouTube content through a standardized interface.

Features

Video Information

  • Get video details (title, description, duration, etc.)
  • List channel videos
  • Get video statistics (views, likes, comments)
  • Search videos across YouTube

Transcript Management

  • Retrieve video transcripts
  • Support for multiple languages
  • Get timestamped captions
  • Search within transcripts

Channel Management

  • Get channel details
  • List channel playlists
  • Get channel statistics
  • Search within channel content

Playlist Management

  • List playlist items
  • Get playlist details
  • Search within playlists
  • Get playlist video transcripts

Installation

Installing via Smithery

To install YouTube MCP Server for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:

npx -y @smithery/cli install @ZubeidHendricks/youtube --client claude

Manual Installation

npm install @modelcontextprotocol/server-youtube

Configuration

Set the following environment variables:

  • YOUTUBE_API_KEY: Your YouTube Data API key
  • YOUTUBE_TRANSCRIPT_LANG: Default language for transcripts (optional, defaults to 'en')

Using with MCP Client

Add this to your MCP client configuration (e.g. Claude Desktop):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "youtube": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-youtube"],
      "env": {
        "YOUTUBE_API_KEY": "<YOUR_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

YouTube API Setup

  1. Go to Google Cloud Console
  2. Create a new project or select an existing one
  3. Enable the YouTube Data API v3
  4. Create API credentials (API key)
  5. Copy the API key for configuration

Examples

Managing Videos

// Get video details
const video = await youtube.videos.getVideo({
  videoId: "video-id"
});

// Get video transcript
const transcript = await youtube.transcripts.getTranscript({
  videoId: "video-id",
  language: "en"
});

// Search videos
const searchResults = await youtube.videos.searchVideos({
  query: "search term",
  maxResults: 10
});

Managing Channels

// Get channel details
const channel = await youtube.channels.getChannel({
  channelId: "channel-id"
});

// List channel videos
const videos = await youtube.channels.listVideos({
  channelId: "channel-id",
  maxResults: 50
});

Managing Playlists

// Get playlist items
const playlistItems = await youtube.playlists.getPlaylistItems({
  playlistId: "playlist-id",
  maxResults: 50
});

// Get playlist details
const playlist = await youtube.playlists.getPlaylist({
  playlistId: "playlist-id"
});

Development

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Run tests
npm test

# Build
npm run build

# Lint
npm run lint

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md for information about contributing to this repository.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.# YouTube MCP Server

A YouTube API integration using the Model Context Protocol.

Setup

  1. Clone the repository
  2. Install dependencies: 
    npm install
  3. Copy .env.example to .env: 
    cp .env.example .env
  4. Edit .env and add your YouTube API key
  5. Start the server: 
    npm start

Environment Variables

  • YOUTUBE_API_KEY: Your YouTube Data API v3 key (get it from Google Cloud Console)

Development

  1. To run in development mode with auto-reload: 
    npm run dev
  2. To build: 
    npm run build

Security Note

Always keep your API keys secure and never commit them to version control.