yt-dlp MCP Server
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides YouTube video operations using yt-dlp.
Features
- Get Transcriptions: Extract transcriptions from YouTube videos with optional timestamp preservation
- Search Videos: Search for YouTube videos by terms and return URLs
- List Channel Videos: Get recent videos from a YouTube channel
Installation
pip install -e .
Usage
Run the MCP server:
yt-dlp-mcp
Tools
get_transcription
- Input: YouTube URL, optional timestamp preservation flag
- Output: Video transcription text
search_videos
- Input: Search terms
- Output: List of YouTube video URLs
list_channel_videos
- Input: Channel name/URL, number of videos to return
- Output: List of recent video URLs from the channel
Requirements
- Python 3.8+
- yt-dlp
- fastmcp
- youtube-search-python
1 maintainer
Metadata
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