YouTube Music
About
Enables searching and playing music tracks through YouTube Music with automatic browser launching for seamless playback requests.
Details
- Author
- instructa
- Repository
- instructa/mcp-youtube-music
- GitHub stars
- 3
- Downloads
- 395
- Categories
- Search, Other, Media, Developer Tools, Design, AI, Community, Communication, Infrastructure
- Tags
- #web
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- Search for tracks on YouTube Music by name.
- Play tracks directly by opening them in your default browser.
- Integrates with AI assistants like Cursor and Claude Desktop.
- Simple npx‑based setup, no manual installation needed.
- Uses the YouTube Music platform and MCP protocol.
- Requires a valid Google YouTube API key.
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
YouTube MusicCommand (node, npx, python, etc.)npxArguments-
Argument 1
-y -
Argument 2
@instructa/mcp-youtube-music
Environment-
YOUTUBE_API_KEY
<INSERT_API_KEY_HERE>
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
Obtain a valid Google YouTube API Key from the Google Cloud Console. Then add the provided MCP configuration to your Cursor .cursor/mcp.json file, inserting your API key. Run the server via npx using the @instructa/mcp-youtube-music package; no local installation or building is required unless you intend to modify the source code.
searchTrack
Search for tracks on YouTube Music by name.
playTrack
Play tracks directly by searching and opening them in your default browser.
- searchTrack: Search for tracks on YouTube Music by name.
- playTrack: Play tracks directly by searching and opening them in your default browser.
Claude Desktop / Cursor
Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.
{
"mcpServers": {
"youtube music": {
"env": {
"YOUTUBE_API_KEY": "<INSERT_API_KEY_HERE>"
},
"args": [
"-y",
"@instructa/mcp-youtube-music"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}Linux
{
"env": {
"YOUTUBE_API_KEY": "<INSERT_API_KEY_HERE>"
},
"args": [
"-y",
"@instructa/mcp-youtube-music"
],
"command": "npx"
}Macos
{
"env": {
"YOUTUBE_API_KEY": "<INSERT_API_KEY_HERE>"
},
"args": [
"-y",
"@instructa/mcp-youtube-music"
],
"command": "npx"
}Windows
{
"env": {
"YOUTUBE_API_KEY": "<INSERT_API_KEY_HERE>"
},
"args": [
"/c",
"npx",
"-y",
"@instructa/mcp-youtube-music"
],
"command": "cmd"
}This is a simple MCP server that allows you to search for and play tracks on YouTube Music directly from your AI assistant like Cursor or Claude Desktop.
- searchTrack: Search for tracks on YouTube Music by name.
- playTrack: Play tracks directly by searching and opening them in your default browser.
To make this work you need a validGoogle Youtube API Key
Add the following MCP configuration to your Cursor.cursor/mcp.jsonsettings:
{ "mcpServers": { "youtube-music-mcp": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "@instructa/mcp-youtube-music"], "env": { "YOUTUBE_API_KEY": "<INSERT_API_KEY_HERE>" } } } }
This MCP is typically run directly usingnpxand doesn't require local installation or building unless you intend to modify the source code. If you want to develop it locally, you would typically clone the source repository (if available) and follow its specific contribution guidelines.
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.
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