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YouTube Research MCP for Zed

io.github.coyasong/youtube-research

Citation-ready YouTube transcript research and optional channel intelligence for AI agents.

client:Zed transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install YouTube Research MCP in Zed

~/.config/zed/settings.json · windows: %APPDATA%\Zed\settings.json

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{
  "context_servers": {
    "youtube-research": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@coyasong/youtube-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "YOUTUBE_API_KEY": "<YOUTUBE_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Merge this into your existing settings object — do not replace the file. Zed docs

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