About youtube
youtube is an MCP server published by git+kazuph in the Content category: model Context Protocol server for YouTube - Extract subtitles from YouTube videos for Claude.
Install
npx @kazuph/mcp-youtubeclaude mcp add youtube-gitkazup -- npx -y @kazuph/mcp-youtubenpx -y @kazuph/mcp-youtubeThis server has no ConduID identity, so agent calls to it are not receipted. Pin the version you install and review the source before granting it credentials.
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YouTube MCP Server
Uses yt-dlp to download subtitles from YouTube and connects it to claude.ai via Model Context Protocol. Try it by asking Claude, "Summarize the YouTube video <>". Requires yt-dlp to be installed locally e.g. via Homebrew.
How do I get this working?
Install yt-dlp (Homebrew and WinGet both work great here)
# macOS
brew install yt-dlp
# Windows
winget install yt-dlp
Parameters
url: YouTube video URL (required)language: Subtitle language code (optional, default: 'ja')- Uses ISO 639-1 language codes
- Common language codes:
ja: Japaneseen: Englishko: Koreanzh: Chinesefr: French
- Note: An error will occur if subtitles in the specified language do not exist
Example
{
"mcpServers": {
"youtube": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@kazuph/mcp-youtube"]
}
}
}
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