Youtube Summarize MCP Server

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Youtube Summarize runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 79 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 30 Jul 2026.

MCP server that fetches YouTube video transcripts and optionally summarizes them

Installs per day peak 83 · avg 19 · -65% w/w

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30 Jul 2026

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Python

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Youtube Summarize 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-summarize -- uvx youtube-summarize

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "youtube-summarize": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "youtube-summarize"
      ]
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.youtube-summarize]
command = "uvx"
args = ["youtube-summarize"]

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "youtube-summarize": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "youtube-summarize"
      ]
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "youtube-summarize": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "youtube-summarize"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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Youtube Summarize — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Youtube Summarize?

Youtube Summarize 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 pypi package youtube-summarize was installed 79 times last week.

How do I connect Youtube Summarize?

Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls youtube-summarize straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

How many people use Youtube Summarize?

The pypi package youtube-summarize was installed 79 times in the last week. Week over week that is -65%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.

Is Youtube Summarize open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in Python and 6 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.