youtube-mcp MCP Server

A high-performance Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for fetching YouTube video transcripts, implemented in Go.

Local serverstdio

What is the youtube-mcp Server?

youtube-mcp is an MCP project maintained in the kyong0612/youtube-mcp repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “A high-performance Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for fetching YouTube video transcripts, implemented in Go”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.

Local setup

The project provides a local client configuration using youtube-mcp-stdio. Follow the repository’s build and installation steps before copying it, and replace example paths with the paths on your own computer.

Configuration values

The example declares LOG_LEVEL, CACHE_ENABLED, YOUTUBE_DEFAULT_LANGUAGES. 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-mcp Server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "youtube-transcript": {
      "command": "youtube-mcp-stdio",
      "args": [],
      "env": {
        "LOG_LEVEL": "info",
        "CACHE_ENABLED": "true",
        "YOUTUBE_DEFAULT_LANGUAGES": "en,ja"
      }
    }
  }
}

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

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
LOG_LEVELDeclared in the maintainer’s client configuration.Check documentation
CACHE_ENABLEDDeclared in the maintainer’s client configuration.Check documentation
YOUTUBE_DEFAULT_LANGUAGESDeclared in the maintainer’s client configuration.Check documentation