tube-bridge runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 106 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 26 Aug 2026.
YouTube MCP server for search, transcripts, frames, comments, channels, and local semantic corpora.
We read the source, 10 d ago · rules ccca72095570
What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.
result = subprocess.run(cmd, capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=timeout)
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We found places where it runs commands, builds paths or queries from values it is given. None of that is a flaw by itself — it becomes one when the code changes, and code changes quietly between releases. We re-read it on every one.
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 tube-bridge -- uvx tube-bridge
{
"mcpServers": {
"tube-bridge": {
"args": [
"tube-bridge"
],
"command": "uvx"
}
}
}
[mcp_servers.tube-bridge]
command = "uvx"
args = ["tube-bridge"]
{
"mcpServers": {
"tube-bridge": {
"args": [
"tube-bridge"
],
"command": "uvx"
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"tube-bridge": {
"args": [
"tube-bridge"
],
"command": "uvx"
}
}
}
This one needs environment variables set before it will start:
YOUTUBE_API_KEY (Optional YouTube Data API v3 key for comments, channel tools, and higher-quality search.), TUBE_BRIDGE_PROXY (Optional HTTP(S) or SOCKS proxy URL for yt-dlp and transcript requests.), TUBE_BRIDGE_CACHE (Optional directory for cache and corpus databases.).
The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.
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