YouTube MCP Server
by anaisbetts
Verified
local-only server
The server can only run on the client’s local machine because it depends on local resources.
Integrations
Downloads subtitles from YouTube videos to provide context to Claude
YouTube MCP Server
Uses yt-dlp
to download subtitles from YouTube and connects it to claude.ai via Model Context Protocol. Try it by asking Claude, "Summarize the YouTube video <>". Requires yt-dlp
to be installed locally e.g. via Homebrew.
How do I get this working?
- Install
yt-dlp
(Homebrew and WinGet both work great here) - Now, install this via mcp-installer, use the name
@anaisbetts/mcp-youtube
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Uses yt-dlp to download subtitles from YouTube and connects it to claude.ai via Model Context Protocol.