Playlist-MCP

by luebken

Integrations

  • Makes transcripts of YouTube videos from a playlist available, allowing access to video content in text form

Playlist-MCP

This is an experimental MCP server, which makes the transcripts of a Youtube Playlist available.

It currently is preloaded with the KubeCon London 2025 transcripts. But you can change this by changing the URL.

Install

# Clone this repo git clone git@github.com:luebken/playlist-mcp.git; cd playlist-mcp # Install python dependencies uv venv source .venv/bin/activate uv pip install -e . # Fill the transcript cache and vector db. uv run server.py https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj6h78yzYM2MP0QhYFK8HOb8UqgbIkLMc

Setup for Claude Desktop

# Configure for Claude > Settings > Developer > Edit Config # /Users/YOUR_USERNAME/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json { "mcpServers": { "playlist-mcp": { "command": "uv", "args": [ "--directory", "/PATH/TO/PARENT/playlist-mcp/", "run", "server.py", "https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj6h78yzYM2MP0QhYFK8HOb8UqgbIkLMc" ] } } }
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security - not tested
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license - permissive license
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quality - not tested

local-only server

The server can only run on the client's local machine because it depends on local resources.

An experimental MCP server that makes YouTube playlist transcripts available for AI assistants, enabling search and conversation about video content.

  1. Install
    1. Setup for Claude Desktop

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