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Setup guide

Set up Youtube-MCP in Continue

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YouTube MCP Server is an AI-powered solution designed to revolutionize your YouTube experience. It empowers users to search for YouTube videos, retrieve detailed transcripts, and perform semantic searches over video content—all without relying on the official API. By integrating with a vector database, this server streamlines content discovery.


01Configuration
# Youtube-MCP: no install method on record yet.

No runnable install method captured for this server yet, so a verified setup config can't be generated.


02Steps
  1. Make sure Continue is installed and up to date.
  2. Open ~/.continue/config.yaml and add the block above (merge into any existing mcpServers).
  3. Provide any required API keys/credentials as environment variables.
  4. Restart Continue and confirm Youtube-MCP’s tools appear.

03Other runtimes

04Provenance
config_sourcegenerated from captured install method
last_checked2026-06-29 07:55Z
sourcesGitHub repo search [p4]

Next step

Ship Youtube-MCP to your agents as a governed Loadout — config, scopes, and approval rules in one place.

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