Description

This YouTube MCP server, developed by Anais Betts, enables AI assistants to interact with YouTube video content through subtitles. It leverages yt-dlp to download video subtitles and exposes them via a standardized MCP interface, allowing AI models to analyze and summarize video content without needing to process audio or video directly. By bridging AI systems and YouTube's vast repository of video information, this server facilitates tasks like content summarization, information extraction, and topic analysis from video transcripts. It is particularly useful for AI assistants supporting research, content curation, or educational applications that involve YouTube videos as information sources.

Installation

npx -y @anaisbetts/mcp-youtube

npm install @anaisbetts/mcp-youtube

git clone https://github.com/anaisbetts/mcp-youtube

Claude Desktop Configuration

Add this configuration to your Claude Desktop config file to enable this MCP server:

Config file location: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

Config file location: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

Config file location: ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "youtube": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@anaisbetts/mcp-youtube"
      ]
    }
  }
}