YouTube MCP Tools for VS Code

🎬 Bring YouTube video intelligence directly into VS Code
Search • Analyze • Transcribe • Generate Flashcards

✨ Features

🚀 Self-Sufficient Architecture

This extension requires zero external servers or dependencies. Everything runs directly within VS Code:

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                   VS Code Extension                     │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│  ┌─────────────┐  ┌─────────────┐  ┌─────────────────┐  │
│  │   Search    │  │ Transcripts │  │    Analysis     │  │
│  │   Engine    │  │  Service    │  │     Engine      │  │
│  └──────┬──────┘  └──────┬──────┘  └────────┬────────┘  │
│         │                │                  │           │
│         └────────────────┼──────────────────┘           │
│                          ▼                              │
│              ┌───────────────────────┐                  │
│              │  YouTube Data API v3  │                  │
│              └───────────────────────┘                  │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

📦 Installation

1. Open VS Code
2. Press Ctrl+P / Cmd+P
3. Type ext install fabioc-aloha.youtube-mcp-tools
4. Press Enter

Or search for "YouTube MCP Tools" in the Extensions view.

⚙️ Setup

Get a YouTube API Key

1. Go to Google Cloud Console
2. Create a new project (or select existing)
3. Enable the YouTube Data API v3
4. Create an API Key
5. Copy the key

Configure the Extension

Option 1: VS Code Settings (Recommended)

Ctrl+, → Search "youtubeMcp.apiKey" → Paste your key

Option 2: .env File Create a .env file in your workspace root:

YOUTUBE_API_KEY=your-api-key-here

🎯 Commands

Access all commands via Ctrl+Shift+P / Cmd+Shift+P.

📊 Video Analysis Output

When you analyze a video, you get:

# Video Title

**Channel:** Channel Name
**Duration:** 15m 30s
**Views:** 1,234,567 | **Likes:** 45,678

---

## Summary
Brief overview of the video content...

### Detailed
In-depth analysis of the video...

## Key Points
- Important point 1
- Important point 2
- Important point 3

## Key Concepts
### Machine Learning
Definition and context...
*Type: term | Mentions: 15*

## Quality Assessment
| Metric | Score |
|--------|-------|
| Overall | **85**/100 |
| Clarity | 90/100 |
| Depth | 80/100 |
| Structure | 85/100 |
| Engagement | 82/100 |

🎴 Flashcard Generation

Flashcards are generated from:

• Key Points extracted from the video
• Concepts identified in the content
• Topics covered in the video

Perfect for:

• 📚 Learning new technologies
• 🎓 Studying for certifications
• 💡 Retaining video course content

⚙️ Settings

📁 Activity Bar Views

Look for the YouTube icon in the Activity Bar:

• 🔍 Search Results - Videos from your last search
• 📜 Recent Videos - Your video history
• 🎴 Flashcards - Generated study cards

🔒 Privacy & Security

• ✅ API keys stored locally in VS Code settings or .env
• ✅ No data sent to third-party servers
• ✅ No telemetry or tracking
• ✅ All processing happens locally

📝 Requirements

• VS Code 1.108.1 or higher
• YouTube Data API key (Get one free)

🤝 Contributing

Contributions welcome! Please see our GitHub repository.

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add amazing feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
5. Open a Pull Request

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Made with ❤️ by CorreaX
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