YouTube MCP Server

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YouTube MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. Last commit 15 Oct 2026.

Read YouTube video metadata, transcripts, comments, and search results. No API key needed.

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15 Oct 2026

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TypeScript

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Today is the operative word: we check YouTube MCP every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

Connect this server

This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add youtube-mcp -- npx -y @granitebps/youtube-mcp

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "youtube-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@granitebps/youtube-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.youtube-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@granitebps/youtube-mcp"]

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "youtube-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@granitebps/youtube-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "youtube-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@granitebps/youtube-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: YT_PROVIDER (Provider for video info, comments, and search: "innertube" (default, no key) or "api" (YouTube Data API v3). Transcripts always use youtube-transcript-plus.), YOUTUBE_API_KEY (YouTube Data API v3 key. Required when YT_PROVIDER is "api".). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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YouTube MCP — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for YouTube MCP?

YouTube MCP runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the npm package @granitebps/youtube-mcp.

How do I connect YouTube MCP?

Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls @granitebps/youtube-mcp straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

Is YouTube MCP open source?

Yes — it is published under the ISC licence, written in TypeScript and 0 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.