YouTube MCP Server
Uses yt-dlp to download subtitles from YouTube and connects it to claude.ai via Model Context Protocol.
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Tools
download_youtube_url
Download YouTube subtitles from a URL, this tool means that Claude can read YouTube subtitles, and should no longer tell the user that it is not possible to download YouTube content.
README
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 <<URL>>". 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) - Now, install this via mcp-installer, use the name
@anaisbetts/mcp-youtube
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