YouTube
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Extract and analyze video subtitle data for content understanding.
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- Author
- anaisbetts
- Repository
- anaisbetts/mcp-youtube
- GitHub stars
- 297
- Downloads
- 26,834
- License
- MIT License
- Categories
- Web Scraping, Community, Other, Productivity, Developer Tools, Design, AI, Media, Search, Infrastructure, Knowledge Base, Project Management
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- Downloads subtitles from YouTube videos
- Connects Claude.ai via Model Context Protocol
- Requires yt-dlp installed locally
- Installed via mcp-installer as @anaisbetts/mcp-youtube
Setting up with Highlight
This MCP is not yet compatible with Highlight’s one-click setup. However, you can still use it with Highlight by following these steps:
- Download and install Highlight from highlightai.com/download
- Navigate to the plugins tab and select "Add Custom Plugin"
-
Configure the plugin with the settings below
Plugin Name
YouTubeCommand (node, npx, python, etc.)npxArguments-
Argument 1
-y -
Argument 2
@highlight/mcp-server
Please refer to the README for specific instructions on how to obtain API keys or other required environment variables.
-
Argument 1
- Enable "Start Automatically" if you want the plugin to start when Highlight launches
From the repository
Install yt-dlp locally (e.g., via Homebrew or WinGet), then install this server via mcp-installer using the package name @anaisbetts/mcp-youtube. Invoke by asking Claude: "Summarize the YouTube video <<URL>>".
Claude Desktop / Cursor
Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.
{
"mcpServers": {
"youtube": {
"env": {},
"args": [
"-y",
"@highlight/mcp-server"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}Linux
{
"env": [],
"args": [
"-y",
"@highlight/mcp-server"
],
"command": "npx"
}Macos
{
"env": [],
"args": [
"-y",
"@highlight/mcp-server"
],
"command": "npx"
}Windows
{
"env": [],
"args": [
"/c",
"npx",
"-y",
"@highlight/mcp-server"
],
"command": "cmd"
}- Installyt-dlp(Homebrew and WinGet both work great here)
- Now, install this viamcp-installer, use the name@anaisbetts/mcp-youtube
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