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Server Configuration

Describes the environment variables required to run the server.

NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
YT_DLP_PATHNoUse an existing yt-dlp instead of the bundled oneauto
YT_CACHE_DIRNoCache locationOS cache dir
YT_OUTPUT_DIRNoWhere transcripts & summaries are saved~/ytb-tools

Capabilities

Features and capabilities supported by this server

CapabilityDetails
tools
{
  "listChanged": true
}

Tools

Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions

NameDescription
youtube_searchB

Search YouTube and return ranked video results.

youtube_get_transcriptB

Fetch a video's transcript via yt-dlp (cache-aware) and auto-save it to the library. May trigger a one-time yt-dlp download on first use.

youtube_save_summaryA

Persist a host-generated summary to the library as Markdown with frontmatter.

Prompts

Interactive templates invoked by user choice

NameDescription

No prompts

Resources

Contextual data attached and managed by the client

NameDescription

No resources

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