Schema | mcp-yt-dlp

mcp-yt-dlp

Describes the environment variables required to run the server.

Name	Required	Description	Default
No arguments

Guidance the server publishes about itself, which clients place ahead of the tool catalog so the model reads it before choosing anything.

This server publishes no instructions, or was last inspected before Glama recorded them.

Features and capabilities supported by this server

Protocol revision2025-11-25

Capability	Details
`tools`	{ "listChanged": true }

Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions

Name	Description
check_dependenciesA	Check if yt-dlp is installed and available in PATH. Returns status, version, and installation instructions if missing.
get_video_infoA	Get metadata about a video URL: title, duration, resolution, fps, filesize, thumbnail, and description. Uses yt-dlp --dump-json.
download_videoA	Download a video from a URL to a local file. Returns the path to the downloaded file. Uses yt-dlp with best quality mp4 format.
download_audioA	Download only the audio from a URL as MP3. Returns the path to the downloaded file. Uses yt-dlp with audio extraction.

Interactive templates invoked by user choice

Name	Description
No prompts

Contextual data attached and managed by the client

Name	Description
No resources

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