Yutu

by eat-pray-ai

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A fully functional MCP server and CLI for YouTube to automate YouTube operation.

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Author: eat-pray-ai
Downloads: 333
Categories: Other, Automation

- Full MCP server and CLI for YouTube.
- Manipulates videos, playlists, comments, and channels.
- Supports captions, thumbnails, watermarks, and banners.
- Lists activities, members, Super Chat events, and more.
- Searches YouTube resources and manages subscriptions.
- Handles authentication via yutu auth.

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 Yutu

Command (node, npx, python, etc.)

Please refer to the README for specific instructions on how to obtain API keys or other required environment variables.
Enable "Start Automatically" if you want the plugin to start when Highlight launches

Setting up with Cursor

Open Cursor's settings
Navigate to the MCP section
Click "Add new Global MCP server"
Copy and paste the configuration below based on your operating system

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "yutu": {
            "yutu": {
                "type": "stdio",
                "command": "yutu",
                "args": [
                    "mcp"
                ],
                "env": {
                    "YUTU_CREDENTIAL": "/absolute/path/to/client_secret.json",
                    "YUTU_CACHE_TOKEN": "/absolute/path/to/youtube.token.json"
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "yutu": {
            "yutu": {
                "type": "stdio",
                "command": "yutu",
                "args": [
                    "mcp"
                ],
                "env": {
                    "YUTU_CREDENTIAL": "/absolute/path/to/client_secret.json",
                    "YUTU_CACHE_TOKEN": "/absolute/path/to/youtube.token.json"
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "yutu": {
            "yutu": {
                "type": "stdio",
                "command": "yutu",
                "args": [
                    "mcp"
                ],
                "env": {
                    "YUTU_CREDENTIAL": "/absolute/path/to/client_secret.json",
                    "YUTU_CACHE_TOKEN": "/absolute/path/to/youtube.token.json"
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

Setting up with Claude Desktop

Open Claude Desktop's settings
Go to the Integrations tab
Click "Add MCP Server"
Use the configuration below based on your operating system

Note: Make sure Claude Desktop is running before attempting to connect.

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "yutu": {
            "yutu": {
                "type": "stdio",
                "command": "yutu",
                "args": [
                    "mcp"
                ],
                "env": {
                    "YUTU_CREDENTIAL": "/absolute/path/to/client_secret.json",
                    "YUTU_CACHE_TOKEN": "/absolute/path/to/youtube.token.json"
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "yutu": {
            "yutu": {
                "type": "stdio",
                "command": "yutu",
                "args": [
                    "mcp"
                ],
                "env": {
                    "YUTU_CREDENTIAL": "/absolute/path/to/client_secret.json",
                    "YUTU_CACHE_TOKEN": "/absolute/path/to/youtube.token.json"
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "yutu": {
            "yutu": {
                "type": "stdio",
                "command": "yutu",
                "args": [
                    "mcp"
                ],
                "env": {
                    "YUTU_CREDENTIAL": "/absolute/path/to/client_secret.json",
                    "YUTU_CACHE_TOKEN": "/absolute/path/to/youtube.token.json"
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

Setting up with Windsurf

Open Windsurf's preferences
Go to the Integrations section
Click "Add MCP Integration"
Use the configuration below based on your operating system

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "yutu": {
            "yutu": {
                "type": "stdio",
                "command": "yutu",
                "args": [
                    "mcp"
                ],
                "env": {
                    "YUTU_CREDENTIAL": "/absolute/path/to/client_secret.json",
                    "YUTU_CACHE_TOKEN": "/absolute/path/to/youtube.token.json"
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "yutu": {
            "yutu": {
                "type": "stdio",
                "command": "yutu",
                "args": [
                    "mcp"
                ],
                "env": {
                    "YUTU_CREDENTIAL": "/absolute/path/to/client_secret.json",
                    "YUTU_CACHE_TOKEN": "/absolute/path/to/youtube.token.json"
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "yutu": {
            "yutu": {
                "type": "stdio",
                "command": "yutu",
                "args": [
                    "mcp"
                ],
                "env": {
                    "YUTU_CREDENTIAL": "/absolute/path/to/client_secret.json",
                    "YUTU_CACHE_TOKEN": "/absolute/path/to/youtube.token.json"
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

Setting up with Cline

Open Cline's settings
Navigate to the Integrations section
Click "Add MCP Server"
Copy and paste the configuration below based on your operating system

Note: Make sure to restart Cline after adding the configuration.

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "yutu": {
            "yutu": {
                "type": "stdio",
                "command": "yutu",
                "args": [
                    "mcp"
                ],
                "env": {
                    "YUTU_CREDENTIAL": "/absolute/path/to/client_secret.json",
                    "YUTU_CACHE_TOKEN": "/absolute/path/to/youtube.token.json"
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "yutu": {
            "yutu": {
                "type": "stdio",
                "command": "yutu",
                "args": [
                    "mcp"
                ],
                "env": {
                    "YUTU_CREDENTIAL": "/absolute/path/to/client_secret.json",
                    "YUTU_CACHE_TOKEN": "/absolute/path/to/youtube.token.json"
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "yutu": {
            "yutu": {
                "type": "stdio",
                "command": "yutu",
                "args": [
                    "mcp"
                ],
                "env": {
                    "YUTU_CREDENTIAL": "/absolute/path/to/client_secret.json",
                    "YUTU_CACHE_TOKEN": "/absolute/path/to/youtube.token.json"
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

Setting up with Goose

Open Goose's preferences
Go to the Integrations tab
Select "MCP Servers"
Click "Add New Server"
Use the configuration below based on your operating system

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "yutu": {
            "yutu": {
                "type": "stdio",
                "command": "yutu",
                "args": [
                    "mcp"
                ],
                "env": {
                    "YUTU_CREDENTIAL": "/absolute/path/to/client_secret.json",
                    "YUTU_CACHE_TOKEN": "/absolute/path/to/youtube.token.json"
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "yutu": {
            "yutu": {
                "type": "stdio",
                "command": "yutu",
                "args": [
                    "mcp"
                ],
                "env": {
                    "YUTU_CREDENTIAL": "/absolute/path/to/client_secret.json",
                    "YUTU_CACHE_TOKEN": "/absolute/path/to/youtube.token.json"
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "yutu": {
            "yutu": {
                "type": "stdio",
                "command": "yutu",
                "args": [
                    "mcp"
                ],
                "env": {
                    "YUTU_CREDENTIAL": "/absolute/path/to/client_secret.json",
                    "YUTU_CACHE_TOKEN": "/absolute/path/to/youtube.token.json"
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

From the repository

Run yutu with a subcommand such as mcp to start the MCP server, or auth to authenticate. Use other commands like video, playlist, comment, etc., to manage specific resources. Append --help to any command for detailed options.

Claude Desktop / Cursor

Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "yutu": {
            "yutu": {
                "type": "stdio",
                "command": "yutu",
                "args": [
                    "mcp"
                ],
                "env": {
                    "YUTU_CREDENTIAL": "/absolute/path/to/client_secret.json",
                    "YUTU_CACHE_TOKEN": "/absolute/path/to/youtube.token.json"
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

McpServers

{
    "yutu": {
        "type": "stdio",
        "command": "yutu",
        "args": [
            "mcp"
        ],
        "env": {
            "YUTU_CREDENTIAL": "/absolute/path/to/client_secret.json",
            "YUTU_CACHE_TOKEN": "/absolute/path/to/youtube.token.json"
        }
    }
}

❯ yutu is a fully functional MCP server and CLI for YouTube, which can manipulate almost all YouTube resources Usage: yutu [flags] yutu [command] Available Commands: activity List YouTube activities auth Authenticate with YouTube API caption Manipulate YouTube captions channel Manipulate YouTube channels channelBanner Insert Youtube channel banner channelSection Manipulate YouTube channel sections comment Manipulate YouTube comments commentThread Manipulate YouTube comment threads completion Generate the autocompletion script for the specified shell help Help about any command i18nLanguage List YouTube i18n languages i18nRegion List YouTube i18n regions mcp Start MCP server member List channel's members' info membershipsLevel List memberships levels' info playlist Manipulate YouTube playlists playlistImage Manipulate YouTube playlist images playlistItem Manipulate YouTube playlist items search Search for YouTube resources subscription Manipulate YouTube subscriptions superChatEvent List Super Chat events for a channel thumbnail Set thumbnail for a video version Show the version of yutu video Manipulate YouTube videos videoAbuseReportReason List YouTube video abuse report reasons videoCategory List YouTube video categories watermark Manipulate YouTube watermarks Flags: -h, --help help for yutu

Use "yutu [command] --help" for more information about a command.

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