@kazuph/mcp-youtube

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)

# macOS brew install yt-dlp # Windows winget install yt-dlp

Parameters

  • url: YouTube video URL (required)
  • language: Subtitle language code (optional, default: 'ja')
    • Uses ISO 639-1 language codes
    • Common language codes:
      • ja: Japanese
      • en: English
      • ko: Korean
      • zh: Chinese
      • fr: French
    • Note: An error will occur if subtitles in the specified language do not exist

Example

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

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A Model-Context Protocol Server for YouTube in Jp

  1. How do I get this working?
    1. Parameters
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