YouTube Research MCP for VS Code
io.github.coyasong/youtube-research
Citation-ready YouTube transcript research and optional channel intelligence for AI agents.
client:VS Code
transport:stdio
runtime:npm
Install YouTube Research MCP in VS Code
.vscode/mcp.json
{
"inputs": [
{
"type": "promptString",
"id": "youtube-api-key",
"description": "YOUTUBE_API_KEY",
"password": true
}
],
"servers": {
"youtube-research": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@coyasong/youtube-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"YOUTUBE_API_KEY": "${input:youtube-api-key}"
}
}
}
}VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs