yt-dlp-mcp

wildcar/yt-dlp-mcp

★ 0 stars Python 🔌 API Integration Updated 1d ago

MCP server wrapping yt-dlp — download videos from YouTube and 1800+ sites

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Quick Install

Copy the config for your editor. Some servers may need additional setup — check the README.

Add to claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "yt-dlp-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "yt-dlp-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Or install with pip: pip install yt-dlp-mcp

README Excerpt

MCP server wrapping the [`yt-dlp`](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp) CLI. Exposes five tools so a chat agent / bot can: - `probe(url)` — pull title, duration, channel, thumbnails, and the full format list without downloading. - `start_download(url, format_selector?)` — kick off a background yt-dlp run and return a `task_id`. Default format selector targets a

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yt-dlp-mcp

Quick Install

README Excerpt

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