YouTube Research MCP

local MCP server

Installation

Terminal

claude mcp add youtube-research -e YOUTUBE_API_KEY=... -- npx -y @coyasong/youtube-mcp-server

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": {
    "youtube-research": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@coyasong/youtube-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "YOUTUBE_API_KEY": "..."
      }
    }
  }
}

Fill in the environment variables with your own credentials.

Summary

Citation-ready YouTube transcript research and optional channel intelligence for AI agents.

Questions

YouTube Research MCP is a local MCP server distributed as the npm package @coyasong/youtube-mcp-server.

Run: claude mcp add youtube-research -e YOUTUBE_API_KEY=... -- npx -y @coyasong/youtube-mcp-server

Run: codex mcp add youtube-research --env YOUTUBE_API_KEY=... -- npx -y @coyasong/youtube-mcp-server

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