# yt-dlp-mcp

> MCP server for YouTube video operations using yt-dlp

Record `yt-dlp-mcp-2` (mcp_server) · JSON: https://wellknown.network/agents/yt-dlp-mcp-2/record.json · HTML: https://wellknown.network/agents/yt-dlp-mcp-2
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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/yt-dlp-mcp-2/claim

## Declared
- homepage: https://github.com/gavinHuang/yt-dlp-mcp
- repository: https://github.com/gavinHuang/yt-dlp-mcp
- version: 0.2.0
- protocols: mcp
- tags: mcp, youtube, yt-dlp, video, transcription
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:yt-dlp-mcp

### Description (declared)

# yt-dlp MCP Server 
 
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides YouTube video operations using yt-dlp. 
 
## Features 
 
- **Get Transcriptions**: Extract transcriptions from YouTube videos with optional timestamp preservation 
- **Search Videos**: Search for YouTube videos by terms and return URLs 
- **List Channel Videos**: Get recent videos from a YouTube channel 
 
## Installation 
 
```bash 
pip install -e . 
``` 
 
## Usage 
 
Run the MCP server: 
 
```bash 
yt-dlp-mcp 
``` 
 
## Tools 
 
### get_transcription 
- **Input**: YouTube URL, optional timestamp preservation flag 
- **Output**: Video transcription text 
 
### search_videos 
- **Input**: Search terms 
- **Output**: List of YouTube video URLs 
 
### list_channel_videos 
- **Input**: Channel name/URL, number of videos to return 
- **Output**: List of recent video URLs from the channel 
 
## Requirements 
 
- Python 3.8+ 
- yt-dlp 
- fastmcp 
- youtube-search-python

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- media.speech-recognition (1, declared)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/yt-dlp-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-10T16:23:33.904Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/yt-dlp-mcp-2/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/yt-dlp-mcp-2 · ARD identifier urn:air::server:yt-dlp-mcp-2