pocket-joe-mcp-toys

MCP servers built with pocket-joe - YouTube transcription and more.

What's Inside

YouTube Transcriber

MCP server that transcribes YouTube videos, extracting:

• Video title

• Full transcript

• Thumbnail URL

• Video ID

Built using pocket-joe policies and deployed to Railway.

Deploy to Railway

Prerequisites

• Railway account (Hobby plan recommended)

• GitHub account

Steps

1. Push this repo to GitHub

   cd pocket-joe-mcp-toys
   git init
   git add .
   git commit -m "Initial commit"
   git remote add origin https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/pocket-joe-mcp-toys.git
   git push -u origin main

2. Deploy to Railway

   • Go to Railway Dashboard

   • Click "New Project" → "Deploy from GitHub repo"

   • Select pocket-joe-mcp-toys

   • Railway auto-detects Python and deploys

   • Wait for deployment (takes ~2-3 minutes)

3. Get your endpoint

   • Click on your deployment

   • Copy the public URL: https://your-app.railway.app

Use in Claude Desktop

Add to your Claude Desktop config at ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "youtube": {
      "url": "https://your-app.railway.app/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Restart Claude Desktop and you'll see the YouTube transcription tool available.

Local Development

Setup with uv

# Install uv if you haven't
curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

# Clone and setup
git clone https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/pocket-joe-mcp-toys.git
cd pocket-joe-mcp-toys
uv sync

# Run locally
uv run python main.py

Server runs at http://localhost:8000/mcp

Test locally with Claude Desktop

Use http://localhost:8000/mcp in your config during development.

Architecture

This uses pocket-joe's policy system:

• Policy: TranscribeYouTubePolicy - handles video transcription

• AppContext: Manages policy instances and bindings

• FastMCP: Wraps policies as MCP tools with @mcp.tool() decorator

• Transport: Streamable HTTP for Railway

• Deployment: Stateless (scales horizontally)

Railway Configuration

• Runtime: Python 3.12

• Package Manager: uv (auto-detected via pyproject.toml)

• Entry Point: python main.py

• Port: Auto-assigned via $PORT env var

Cost

Railway Hobby plan:

• $5/month credit

• Enough for ~500k requests/month

• Auto-sleep after inactivity

• Custom domains included

Adding More Tools

To add more pocket-joe policies as MCP tools:

1. Create your policy class in main.py

2. Add to AppContext with self._bind(YourPolicy)

3. Create a FastMCP tool with @mcp.tool() that calls your policy

4. Push to GitHub (Railway auto-deploys)

License

MIT