youtube-vision-mcp MCP Server

MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that utilizes the Google Gemini Vision API to interact with YouTube videos. It allows users to get descriptions, summaries, answers to questions, and extract key…

Local serverstdioMIT

What is the youtube-vision-mcp Server?

youtube-vision-mcp is an MCP project maintained in the minbang930/youtube-vision-mcp repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that utilizes the Google Gemini Vision API to interact with YouTube videos. It allows users to get descriptions, summaries, answers…”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.

Installation

The documented npm package is youtube-vision. The configuration below comes from the maintainer’s example; adapt its paths and account values to your environment.

Configuration values

The example declares GEMINI_API_KEY, GEMINI_MODEL_NAME. Secret-looking values have been replaced with placeholders. Required and optional labels are shown only when the documentation states them.

Source

Project documentation · Repository · Discovery listing. This profile records the public documentation checked on 2026-10-08.

How to install the youtube-vision-mcp Server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "youtube-vision": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "youtube-vision"
      ],
      "env": {
        "GEMINI_API_KEY": "YOUR_GEMINI_API_KEY",
        "GEMINI_MODEL_NAME": "gemini-2.0-flash"
      }
    }
  }
}

From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
GEMINI_API_KEYDeclared in the maintainer’s client configuration.Yes
GEMINI_MODEL_NAMEDeclared in the maintainer’s client configuration.Optional