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youtube_mcp

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github.com/format37Media & Design32Updated 71w ago
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About youtube_mcp

A YouTube transcription MCP server that serves transcripts over an SSE endpoint to MCP clients. It is intended for users who want to bring video transcripts into Claude Desktop or similar clients.

Key features

  1. 01YouTube video transcription
  2. 02SSE endpoint for remote client access
  3. 03Docker Compose based deployment
  4. 04Access protected by a generated MCP key

Use cases

  1. 01Turning YouTube videos into text for an AI client to analyze
  2. 02Running a self-hosted transcription service on a server

MCP support

The server exposes transcription through an SSE endpoint, which MCP clients such as Claude Desktop can reach via mcp-remote.

#youtube#transcriber#mcp-server

Configuration

Local server config is the same for every client. Copy it into your client’s MCP config file.

mcp.json · Universal config
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "youtube_mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote"
      ]
    }
  }
}
Run commandnpx -y mcp-remote

Local servers need a runtime on your machine (e.g. Node.js 18+). Config file locations differ by client; see your client’s docs.

Packages
npmmcp-remote

Tools

No tool list yet

Local servers expose tools only once running on your machine, and the maintainer has not provided a tool list.

Details

From the project README

youtube_mcp

Youtube transcribation MCP server

Demo Video

YouTube MCP Demo

Click the image above to watch the demo video

Requirements:

  • OpenAI API key
  • Cookies

Server installation

  • Clone the repo:
git clone https://github.com/format37/youtube_mcp.git
cd youtube_mcp
nano .env
  • Extract your cookies. See cookies.md
    Place cookies.txt in the ./mcp/ folder.
  • Generate MCP_KEY:
python token_generator.py
  • Define .env:
CONTAINER_NAME=youtube_mcp_main
PORT=7001
MCP_KEY=YOUR-MCP-KEY
OPENAI_API_KEY=YOUR-OPENAI-KRY
  • Provide run access
sudo chmod +x compose.sh
sudo chmod +x logs.sh
sudo chmod +x update.sh
  • Run
./compose.sh
  • Check that port is opened for incoming connections.

Client configuration

  1. Add Bybit server to the Claude desktop config: Example:
{
    "mcpServers": {
      "youtube": {
        "command": "npx",
        "args": [
          "mcp-remote",
          "http://localhost:7001/sse",
          "--header",
          "Authorization:YOUR-TOKEN",
          "--allow-http"
        ],
        "disabled": false
      }
    }
}

Client side

4. Restart Claude desktop
5. Check that tws tools are listed in the tools list. Ask Claude to check ibkr account

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