mcp-youtube
by: anaisbetts
A Model-Context Protocol Server for YouTube
📌Overview
Purpose: The framework aims to facilitate the downloading of YouTube subtitles and their integration with Claude AI for user-friendly video summarization.
Overview: The YouTube MCP Server utilizes the yt-dlp
tool to download subtitles from YouTube videos and connects to Claude AI through the Model Context Protocol, allowing users to effortlessly request summaries by simply providing a video URL.
Key Features:
-
Subtitle Downloading: Leverages
yt-dlp
to extract and download subtitles from YouTube, ensuring availability for processing and summarization. -
AI Integration: Connects to Claude AI via the Model Context Protocol, enabling users to interactively request summaries of the downloaded video content using straightforward commands.
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 <yt-dlp
to be installed locally (e.g., via Homebrew).
How to Get Started
- Install
yt-dlp
(Homebrew and WinGet both work well). - Install this via mcp-installer using the name
@anaisbetts/mcp-youtube
.