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Youtube Mcp
format37
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🐍 ☁️ – MCP server that transcribes YouTube videos to text. Uses yt-dlp to download audio and OpenAI's Whisper-1 for more precise transcription than youtube captions. Provide a YouTube URL and get back the full transcript splitted by chunks for long videos.
Quick Install
One-Click IDE Configuration
claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"format37-youtube-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"format37-youtube-mcp"
]
}
}
}Or
Using an AI coding agent (Claude Code, Cursor, etc.)? Copy a ready-made prompt that tells it to fetch the setup instructions and install this server for you.
Documentation Overview
youtube_mcp
Youtube transcribation MCP server
Demo Video
Click the image above to watch the demo video
Requirements:
- OpenAI API key
- Cookies
Server installation
- Clone the repo:
git clone https://github.com/format37/youtube_mcp.git
cd youtube_mcp
nano .env
- Extract your cookies. See cookies.md
Place cookies.txt in the ./mcp/ folder. - Generate MCP_KEY:
python token_generator.py
- Define .env:
CONTAINER_NAME=youtube_mcp_main
PORT=7001
MCP_KEY=YOUR-MCP-KEY
OPENAI_API_KEY=YOUR-OPENAI-KRY
- Provide run access
sudo chmod +x compose.sh
sudo chmod +x logs.sh
sudo chmod +x update.sh
- Run
./compose.sh
- Check that port is opened for incoming connections.
Client configuration
- Add Bybit server to the Claude desktop config: Example:
{
"mcpServers": {
"youtube": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"mcp-remote",
"http://localhost:7001/sse",
"--header",
"Authorization:YOUR-TOKEN",
"--allow-http"
],
"disabled": false
}
}
}
Client side
4. Restart Claude desktop
5. Check that tws tools are listed in the tools list. Ask Claude to check ibkr account