io.github.granitebps/youtube-mcp
Independent, unofficial project for YouTube metadata, transcripts, comments, and search.
Target client
run in your project directory
claude mcp add youtube-mcp -e YT_PROVIDER=<YT_PROVIDER> -e YOUTUBE_API_KEY=<YOUTUBE_API_KEY> -- npx -y @granitebps/youtube-mcp
setup guides: Claude Code Claude Desktop Cursor VS Code Zed Windsurf Cline Gemini CLI Grok LangChain
Adds it for this project only. Append --scope user to make it available everywhere. Claude Code docs
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