mcp-ytmusic

mcp-ytmusic

Enables users to search the YouTube Music catalog and manage playlists using natural language. It provides tools for searching songs, albums, and artists, as well as performing playlist operations like creating, adding, and deleting tracks.

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mcp-ytmusic

YouTube Music MCP server for Claude Code. Search the catalog and manage playlists via natural language.

Tools

Tool Actions Description
search Search songs, videos, albums, artists, playlists
playlist list, create, add, tracks, delete Manage playlists
config info, auth_status Check configuration and auth

Setup

# Clone and install
git clone https://github.com/alexcook/mcp-ytmusic.git
cd mcp-ytmusic
python3 -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install -e .

# Initialize config directory
ytmusic-mcp init

# Authenticate (paste browser headers from Chrome DevTools on music.youtube.com)
ytmusic-mcp auth

# Verify
ytmusic-mcp status

Claude Code Integration

Add to ~/.claude/mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "YouTube Music": {
      "command": "/path/to/mcp-ytmusic/venv/bin/python",
      "args": ["-m", "ytmusic_mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Auth

Uses browser cookie authentication via ytmusicapi. One-time setup:

  1. Open Chrome → https://music.youtube.com (make sure you're logged in)
  2. Open DevTools (F12) → Network tab
  3. Click any request to music.youtube.com
  4. Right-click → Copy → Copy request headers
  5. Run ytmusic-mcp auth and paste when prompted

Credentials are saved to ~/.config/ytmusic-mcp/browser.json and are valid for ~2 years.

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