YouTube MCP Server for video analysis with Gemini AI
Project description
YouTube MCP
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for YouTube video analysis, providing tools to get transcripts, summarize content, and query videos using Gemini AI.
Features
- 📝 Transcript Extraction: Get detailed transcripts from YouTube videos
- 📊 Video Summarization: Generate concise summaries using Gemini AI
- ❓ Natural Language Queries: Ask questions about video content
- 🔍 YouTube Search: Find videos matching specific queries
- 💬 Comment Analysis: Retrieve and analyze video comments
Requirements
- Python 3.9+
- Google Gemini API key
- YouTube Data API key
Running Locally
Installing via Smithery
To install youtube-mcp for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:
npx -y @smithery/cli install @Prajwal-ak-0/youtube-mcp --client claude
Option 1: Install directly from smithery
Option 2: Local setup
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Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/Prajwal-ak-0/youtube-mcp cd youtube-mcp
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Create a virtual environment and install dependencies:
python -m venv .venv source .venv/bin/activate # On Windows: .venv\Scripts\activate pip install -e .
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Create a
.envfile with your API keys:GEMINI_API_KEY=your_gemini_api_key YOUTUBE_API_KEY=your_youtube_api_key -
Run MCP Server
mcp dev main.py
Navigate to Stdio
OR
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Go cursor or windsurf configure with this json content:
{ "youtube": { "command": "uv", "args": [ "--directory", "/absolute/path/to/youtube-mcp", "run", "main.py", "--transport", "stdio", "--debug" ] } }
Available Tools
youtube/get-transcript: Get video transcriptyoutube/summarize: Generate a video summaryyoutube/query: Answer questions about a videoyoutube/search: Search for YouTube videosyoutube/get-comments: Retrieve video commentsyoutube/get-likes: Get video like count
Contributing
Contributions welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.
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