YouTube Data MCP Server

What the code does

We read the source, 22 h ago · rules 995398eba69f

Things with no honest explanation: a promise that contradicts the code, code that runs at install time while hiding what it does, data leaving the machine.

curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.40.3/install.sh | bash

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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 mcp add mcp-youtube -- npx -y @kirbah/mcp-youtube

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

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

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

{
  "servers": {
    "mcp-youtube": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@kirbah/mcp-youtube"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above: YOUTUBE_API_KEY (YouTube Data API v3 key), MDB_MCP_CONNECTION_STRING (MongoDB connection string for caching).