Click on "Deploy Server".
Wait a few minutes for the server to deploy. Once ready, it will show a "Started" state.
In the chat, type @ followed by the MCP server name and your instructions, e.g., "@YouTube MCP Server fetch the transcript for https://youtu.be/XEMZniYKuaY"
That's it! The server will respond to your query, and you can continue using it as needed.
Here is a step-by-step guide with screenshots.
A remote MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that provides YouTube video transcript extraction tools with OAuth authentication. It includes OAuth 2.0 authentication via Auth0, compatible with MCP clients for including ChatGPT and Claude.
Resources
Clone the repository
git clone [<repository-url>](https://github.com/ShawhinT/yt-mcp-remote.git)
cd yt-mcp-remoteInstall dependencies (requires Python >=3.13)
uv syncConfigure environment variables in .env
AUTH0_DOMAIN=your-auth0-domain
AUTH0_AUDIENCE=your-api-identifier # same as RESOURCE_SERVER_URL in this example
RESOURCE_SERVER_URL=<your-server-public-url>/mcpRun the server
uv run python main.pyServer runs on http://0.0.0.0:8000/mcp
Related MCP server: YouTube Transcripts MCP Server
fetch_video_transcript(url) - Extract and format YouTube video transcripts
fetch_instructions(prompt_name) - Get writing templates (write_blog_post, write_social_post, write_video_chapters)
FastMCP - MCP server framework
Railway - Hosting remote server
Auth0 - OAuth authentication
youtube-transcript-api - Transcript extraction
uv - Python dependency management
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