add-youtube-transcript

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Add YouTube transcript extraction as an MCP tool. Installs the MCP server and configures it so the agent can fetch video captions/subtitles on demand.

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# Add YouTube Transcript This skill adds YouTube transcript extraction capability to Deus via an MCP server. Once installed, the agent can fetch captions and subtitles from any YouTube video using the `get_transcript` tool. ## Phase 1: Pre-flight ### Check if already configured Check if `.mcp.json` already has a `youtube-transcript` entry: ```bash cat .mcp.json 2>/dev/null ``` If `youtube-transcript` is already present, inform the user it's already installed and skip to Phase 3 (Verify). ## Phase 2: Install and Configure ### Install the MCP server package ```bash npm install --save-dev @kimtaeyoon83/mcp-server-youtube-transcript ``` ### Configure MCP Read the current `.mcp.json` and add the youtube-transcript server entry. The final `.mcp.json` should include: ```json { "mcpServers": { "youtube-transcript": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "@kimtaeyoon83/mcp-server-youtube-transcript"] } } } ``` If `.mcp.json` already has other servers configured, merge the new entry — do not overwrite existing servers. ### Build ```bash npm run build ``` ## Phase 3: Verify ### Test the MCP server starts ```bash npx @kimtaeyoon83/mcp-server-youtube-transcript --help 2>&1 || echo "Server binary accessible" ``` Tell the user: > YouTube transcript extraction is now available. The agent can fetch captions from any YouTube video. > > **Usage:** Ask the agent to get a transcript from a YouTube URL, or use the `get_transcript` tool directly with a video ...

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Author
sliamh11
Repository
sliamh11/Deus
Created
4 months ago
Last Updated
today
Language
Python
License
MIT

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