YouTube Data for Claude Code

io.github.kirbah/mcp-youtube

YouTube MCP server for token-optimized, structured data using the YouTube Data API v3.

client:Claude Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install YouTube Data in Claude Code

run in your project directory

claude mcp add mcp-youtube -e YOUTUBE_API_KEY=<YOUTUBE_API_KEY> -e MDB_MCP_CONNECTION_STRING=<MDB_MCP_CONNECTION_STRING> -- npx -y @kirbah/mcp-youtube

Adds it for this project only. Append --scope user to make it available everywhere. Claude Code docs

YouTube Data in other clients

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YouTube Data MCP server