# YouTube

> MCP server for YouTube transcripts, metadata, search, and downloads

## Facts
- Page: https://tashan.sh/capability/pkg-umbertotancorre-youtube-mcp
- tashan id: pkg:@umbertotancorre/youtube-mcp
- Source: https://github.com/umbertotancorre/youtube-mcp-cli
- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@umbertotancorre/youtube-mcp
- Type: npm
- Category: other
- tashan score: 49.0 / 100
- Adoption: 23.0
- Upkeep: 60.0
- Freshness: 95.0
- Evidence coverage: 100% of the inputs this score can use
- Health: active
- Instruction depth: not yet graded
- npm downloads: 44/week
- License: MIT
- Official: no

## Install

```sh
claude mcp add umbertotancorre-youtube -- npx -y @umbertotancorre/youtube-mcp
```

## Security audit
- Known advisories: 0
- Install-time script: `node -e "const{helpers}=require('ytdlp-nodejs');const d=helpers.BIN_DIR;Promise.all([helpers.downloadYtDlp(d),helpers.downloadFFmpeg(d)]).catch(e=>{console.error(e.message);process.exit(1)})"`
- Build provenance: not attested

Permissions are read from DECLARED dependencies only. Nothing is executed, so an empty result means "nothing declared", never "nothing possible".

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Measured 2026-08-23 by tashan (https://tashan.sh) from public evidence. Scorer s5.