Show HN: YouTube MCP, give any AI agent access to YouTube

Category: devtools

Tags: mcp, youtube, ai-agent, transcript, video-download

Score: 5.8/10 (Innovation: 5, Technical: 5, Documentation: 7, Utility: 6)

YouTube MCP is a zero-setup, local server that exposes YouTube transcript, metadata, search, video and audio download as MCP tools for AI agents, requiring no API keys. It's interesting because it leverages the growing MCP ecosystem to give AI agents direct access to YouTube content without external services.

Target audience: backend devs, ai developers

Repository: https://github.com/umbertotancorre/youtube-mcp · JavaScript · MIT · 3 stars

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