Most users want **youtube-full** — it covers transcripts, search, channels, and playlists in one skill.
If you already use Youtube Skills, the youtube skills mcp server is the piece that lets your assistant work with it directly. Most users want youtube-full — it covers transcripts, search, channels, and playlists in one skill.
The toolset is worth reading before you wire it up, because it tells you what the integration is really for:
Location — FileFallback — ~/.transcriptapi (mode 600)Installation goes through your MCP client rather than a global install: point it at clawhub on npm and it is fetched when the client starts. The copy-paste blocks for Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor are further down this page.
Configuration is passed through the environment: TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY, VIDEO_ID. Treat anything key-shaped as a real credential — scope it to the minimum the server needs, and rotate it if it ever lands in a shared config.
Among the developer tooling options, the useful question is rarely "what can it do" but "what does it cost you to run" — permissions, credentials, and how much of your context its toolset consumes. Youtube Skills's toolset — Location, Fallback — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by zeropointrepo; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
SyncDev reviews every entry in this directory against the project's own documentation before publishing, and revisits them as servers change.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| Location | File |
| Fallback | ~/.transcriptapi (mode 600) |
{
"mcpServers": {
"youtube-skills": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "clawhub"],
"env": {
"TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY": "your-value",
"VIDEO_ID": "your-value"
}
}
}
}Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| TRANSCRIPT_API_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
| VIDEO_ID | Configuration value read at startup. | Optional |
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