YouTube Transcript, Comments & Video Data API MCP Server for Claude Code

io.youtubeapi/mcp-server

Real-time YouTube transcripts, comments, channels & video search MCP. Local npx or hosted OAuth.

client:Claude Code transport:streamable-http runtime:npm

Install YouTube Transcript, Comments & Video Data API MCP Server in Claude Code

run in your project directory

claude mcp add --transport http mcp-server https://api.youtubeapi.io/mcp

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