YouTube Reader for Gemini CLI

io.github.anmol1310/youtube-reader

Turn any YouTube video into text: transcript, title, channel, timestamps.

client:Gemini CLI transport:streamable-http tools:1

Install YouTube Reader in Gemini CLI

~/.gemini/settings.json · windows: %USERPROFILE%\.gemini\settings.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "youtube-reader": {
      "httpUrl": "https://web-production-0cbb7.up.railway.app/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Gemini expands $VAR and ${VAR} inside env values, so a secret can live in your shell rather than this file. Gemini CLI docs