YouTube MCP

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for YouTube video analysis, providing tools to get transcripts, summarize content, and query videos using Gemini AI.

Features

• 📝 Transcript Extraction: Get detailed transcripts from YouTube videos
• 📊 Video Summarization: Generate concise summaries using Gemini AI
• ❓ Natural Language Queries: Ask questions about video content
• 🔍 YouTube Search: Find videos matching specific queries
• 💬 Comment Analysis: Retrieve and analyze video comments

Requirements

• Python 3.9+
• Google Gemini API key
• YouTube Data API key

Running Locally

Installing via Smithery

To install youtube-mcp for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:

Option 1: Direct Installation

1. Clone the repository:
   git clone https://github.com/Prajwal-ak-0/youtube-mcp cd youtube-mcp
2. Create a virtual environment and install dependencies:
   python -m venv .venv source .venv/bin/activate # On Windows: .venv\Scripts\activate pip install -e .
3. Create a .env file with your API keys:
   GEMINI_API_KEY=your_gemini_api_key YOUTUBE_API_KEY=your_youtube_api_key
4. Run the MCP server:
   python main.py

Option 2: Using MCP CLI

1. Install the MCP CLI:
   pip install mcp
2. Create an mcp.json file in your project:
   { "youtube": { "command": "uv", "args": [ "--directory", "/absolute/path/to/youtube-mcp", "run", "main.py", "--transport", "stdio", "--debug" ] } }
3. Start the server with MCP:
   mcp run youtube

Using with Docker

1. Build the Docker image:
   docker build -t youtube-mcp .
2. Run the container with your API keys:
   docker run -e GEMINI_API_KEY=your_gemini_api_key -e YOUTUBE_API_KEY=your_youtube_api_key youtube-mcp

Deploying on Smithery

This MCP server can be deployed on Smithery for easier access:

1. Add or claim your server on Smithery
2. Click "Deploy" on the Smithery Deployments tab
3. Provide your API keys when prompted

Available Tools

• youtube/get-transcript: Get video transcript
• youtube/summarize: Generate a video summary
• youtube/query: Answer questions about a video
• youtube/search: Search for YouTube videos
• youtube/get-comments: Retrieve video comments
• youtube/get-likes: Get video like count

Contributing

Contributions welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.