YouTube Data
local MCP serverInstallation
Terminal
claude mcp add mcp-youtube -e YOUTUBE_API_KEY=... -e MDB_MCP_CONNECTION_STRING=... -- npx -y @kirbah/mcp-youtube
Run in your project folder. Add --scope user to use it everywhere.
Claude Desktop, Cursor & other clients
Add to claude_desktop_config.json or .cursor/mcp.json.
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-youtube": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@kirbah/mcp-youtube"
],
"env": {
"YOUTUBE_API_KEY": "...",
"MDB_MCP_CONNECTION_STRING": "..."
}
}
}
}Fill in the environment variables with your own credentials.
Summary
YouTube MCP server for token-optimized, structured data using the YouTube Data API v3.
Questions
YouTube Data is a local MCP server distributed as the npm package @kirbah/mcp-youtube.
Run: claude mcp add mcp-youtube -e YOUTUBE_API_KEY=... -e MDB_MCP_CONNECTION_STRING=... -- npx -y @kirbah/mcp-youtube
Run: codex mcp add mcp-youtube --env YOUTUBE_API_KEY=... --env MDB_MCP_CONNECTION_STRING=... -- npx -y @kirbah/mcp-youtube
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