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youtube mcp for VS Code

io.github.miller-joe/youtube-mcp

MCP server for YouTube creator-ops with a ComfyUI bridge for AI thumbnail generation.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install youtube mcp in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "youtube-client-id",
      "description": "YOUTUBE_CLIENT_ID",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "youtube-client-secret",
      "description": "YOUTUBE_CLIENT_SECRET",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "youtube-client-secret-file",
      "description": "YOUTUBE_CLIENT_SECRET_FILE",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "youtube-token-file",
      "description": "YOUTUBE_TOKEN_FILE",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "comfyui-url",
      "description": "COMFYUI_URL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "comfyui-default-ckpt",
      "description": "COMFYUI_DEFAULT_CKPT",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "youtube-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@miller-joe/youtube-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "YOUTUBE_CLIENT_ID": "${input:youtube-client-id}",
        "YOUTUBE_CLIENT_SECRET": "${input:youtube-client-secret}",
        "YOUTUBE_CLIENT_SECRET_FILE": "${input:youtube-client-secret-file}",
        "YOUTUBE_TOKEN_FILE": "${input:youtube-token-file}",
        "COMFYUI_URL": "${input:comfyui-url}",
        "COMFYUI_DEFAULT_CKPT": "${input:comfyui-default-ckpt}"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs

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