# iflow-mcp_labeveryday-youtube-mcp-server-enhanced

> Enhanced YouTube MCP Server for comprehensive video data extraction and analysis

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## Observed
- status: unknown
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- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
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## Declared
- homepage: https://github.com/labeveryday/youtube-mcp-server-enhanced
- repository: https://github.com/labeveryday/youtube-mcp-server-enhanced
- version: 0.1.1
- license: MIT License  Copyright (c) 2025 Du'An Lightfoot  Permission is …
- protocols: mcp
- tags: data-extraction, fastmcp, mcp, video-analysis, youtube
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:iflow-mcp_labeveryday-youtube-mcp-server-enhanced

### Description (declared)

# YouTube MCP Server Enhanced 🚀

A comprehensive Micro-Conversational Processor (MCP) server for extracting and analyzing YouTube data using `yt-dlp`.

## 🚀 Features

### Core Extraction
- **Video Information**: Metadata, statistics, engagement metrics
- **Channel Information**: Stats, subscriber count, view count, verification status
- **Playlist Details**: Video lists, durations, total views
- **Comments**: Threaded comments with replies and engagement
- **Transcripts**: Auto-generated and manual subtitles

### Advanced Capabilities
- **YouTube Search**: Search for videos, channels, and playlists
- **Trending Videos**: Get trending content by region
- **Batch Processing**: Extract from multiple URLs concurrently
- **Intelligent Caching**: Configurable TTL-based caching
- **Automatic Retries**: Exponential backoff for failed requests
- **Health Monitoring**: Real-time extractor status and configuration

## 🛠️ Installation

### Prerequisites
- **Python 3.10+**
- **[uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/) package manager** (required)
- `yt-dlp` (automatically installed via uv)

**⚠️ Important: This project requires `uv` to run properly. Install it first:**

```bash
# Install uv (macOS/Linux)
curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

# Or via Homebrew (macOS)
brew install uv

# Or via pip
pip install uv
```

### Setup
```bash
# Clone the repository
git clone <repository-url>
cd youtube-mcp-server-enhanced

# Install yt-dlp and all dependencies
uv add yt-dlp
uv sync

# Verify installation
uv run yt-dlp --version
```

## ⚙️ Configuration

### Environment Variables (.env file)
Create a `.env` file in the project root to configure the server:

```bash
# Copy the example file
cp .env.example .env

# Edit with your preferred settings
nano .env
```

Example `.env` configuration:
```bash
# Rate limiting (e.g., "500K" for 500KB/s, "1M" for 1MB/s)
YOUTUBE_RATE_LIMIT=500K

# Retry configuration
YOUTUBE_MAX_RETRIES=5
YOUTUBE_RETRY_DELAY=2.0
YOUTUBE_TIMEOUT=600

# Caching
YOUTU…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- documents.extraction (1, derived)
- dev.package-management (0.859, derived)
- dev.version-control (0.791, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/iflow-mcp_labeveryday-youtube-mcp-server-enhanced/ (first seen 2026-09-09T19:24:45.389Z)

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