@kazuph/mcp-youtube
by kazuph
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 using yt-dlp to provide content 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)
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Parameters
url
: YouTube video URL (required)language
: Subtitle language code (optional, default: 'ja')- Uses ISO 639-1 language codes
- Common language codes:
ja
: Japaneseen
: Englishko
: Koreanzh
: Chinesefr
: French
- Note: An error will occur if subtitles in the specified language do not exist
Example
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