yutu

Add to your client

Copy the config for your MCP client and paste it into its config file.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "yutu": {
      "command": "yutu",
      "args": [
        "mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "YUTU_CREDENTIAL": "/absolute/path/to/client_secret.json",
        "YUTU_CACHE_TOKEN": "/absolute/path/to/youtube.token.json"
      }
    }
  }
}

Step-by-step guides: Add to Claude Desktop · Add to Cursor · Add to Windsurf

Before you start

• A Google Cloud Platform account with a GCP project
• YouTube Data API v3 enabled (Required); YouTube Analytics API and YouTube Reporting API optional
• OAuth Client ID credentials (Desktop app) saved as client_secret.json
• A cached OAuth token (youtube.token.json) generated by running `yutu auth --credential client_secret.json`
• yutu installed (via npm, Homebrew, WinGet, go install, Docker, or release binary)

About yutu

Tools & capabilities (22)

What this server can do

yutu provides tools for these capabilities — tap one to see every MCP server that does the same:

When to use it

• Let an AI assistant upload videos and optimize titles, descriptions, and tags for higher click-through and views
• Automate playlist creation and organization across a channel
• Bulk-manage comments and reply to audience engagement
• Manage captions, thumbnails, and channel branding (banners, watermarks, sections)
• Search and retrieve YouTube data (videos, channels, playlists, subscriptions, members) for analysis or reporting

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