A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that bridges Video & Audio content with Large Language Models using yt-dlp.
An MCP server implementation that integrates with yt-dlp, providing video and audio content download capabilities (e.g. YouTube, Facebook, Tiktok, etc.) for LLMs.
Install yt-dlp
based on your operating system:
# Windows
winget install yt-dlp
# macOS
brew install yt-dlp
# Linux
pip install yt-dlp
{
"mcpServers": {
"yt-dlp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@kevinwatt/yt-dlp-mcp"
]
}
}
}
list_subtitle_languages
url
(string, required): URL of the videodownload_video_subtitles
url
(string, required): URL of the videolanguage
(string, optional): Language code (e.g., 'en', 'zh-Hant', 'ja'). Defaults to 'en'download_video
url
(string, required): URL of the videoresolution
(string, optional): Video resolution ('480p', '720p', '1080p', 'best'). Defaults to '720p'download_audio
url
(string, required): URL of the videodownload_transcript
url
(string, required): URL of the videolanguage
(string, optional): Language code (e.g., 'en', 'zh-Hant', 'ja'). Defaults to 'en'Ask your LLM to:
"List available subtitles for this video: https://youtube.com/watch?v=..."
"Download a video from facebook: https://facebook.com/..."
"Download Chinese subtitles from this video: https://youtube.com/watch?v=..."
"Download this video in 1080p: https://youtube.com/watch?v=..."
"Download audio from this YouTube video: https://youtube.com/watch?v=..."
"Get a clean transcript of this video: https://youtube.com/watch?v=..."
"Download Spanish transcript from this video: https://youtube.com/watch?v=..."
If needed, start the server manually:
npx @kevinwatt/yt-dlp-mcp
yt-dlp
in system PATHMIT
Dewei Yen
{ "mcpServers": { "yt-dlp-mcp": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "-y", "@kevinwatt/yt-dlp-mcp" ] } } }
Related projects feature coming soon
Will recommend related projects based on sub-categories