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yt-dlp-mcp

@gavinHuang

About yt-dlp-mcp

expose python package yt-dlp as mcp

#yt-dlp #youtube #video-downloader

Basic information

Category

Other

Transports

stdio

Publisher

gavinHuang

Submitted by

Gavin Huang

Config

Add this server to your MCP-compatible client using the configuration below.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "yt-dlp-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "yt-dlp-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {}
    }
  }
}

Tools

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Overview

What is yt-dlp-mcp?

yt-dlp-mcp is a tool that provides three functions for interacting with YouTube: extracting video transcriptions, searching for videos, and listing recent videos from a channel. It is intended for use within the Model Context Protocol (MCP) ecosystem.

How to use yt-dlp-mcp?

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Key features of yt-dlp-mcp

Get transcriptions from YouTube videos
Search YouTube videos by keywords
List recent videos from a specific channel

Use cases of yt-dlp-mcp

Retrieve spoken content from a YouTube video as text
Find YouTube videos matching a set of search terms
Quickly see the latest uploads from a YouTube channel

FAQ from yt-dlp-mcp

What tools does yt-dlp-mcp provide?

It provides three tools: get_transcription, search_videos, and list_channel_videos.

What does `get_transcription` do?

It extracts a transcription from a YouTube video.

What does `search_videos` do?

It searches for YouTube videos by terms and returns video information.

What does `list_channel_videos` do?

It lists recent videos from a YouTube channel.

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