YouTube Translate

by brianshin22

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About

Enables access to YouTube video transcripts, translations, summaries, and subtitle generation through a simple API interface for research, content analysis, and multilingual video accessibility workflows.

Details

Author: brianshin22
Repository: brianshin22/youtube-translate-mcp
Downloads: 341
License: MIT License
Categories: Web Scraping, Other, Productivity, Developer Tools, Design, AI, Media, Search, Infrastructure, Frontend, API, Security

Setting up with Highlight

This MCP is not yet compatible with Highlight’s one-click setup. However, you can still use it with Highlight by following these steps:

Download and install Highlight from highlightai.com/download
Navigate to the plugins tab and select "Add Custom Plugin"
Configure the plugin with the settings below
Plugin Name YouTube Translate

Command (node, npx, python, etc.) uv
Arguments
- Argument 1 --directory
- Argument 2 /ABSOLUTE/PATH/TO/youtube-translate-mcp
- Argument 3 run
- Argument 4 -m
- Argument 5 youtube_translate_mcp
Environment
- YOUTUBE_TRANSLATE_API_KEY YOUR_API_KEY
Please refer to the README for specific instructions on how to obtain API keys or other required environment variables.
Enable "Start Automatically" if you want the plugin to start when Highlight launches

Setting up with Cursor

Open Cursor's settings
Navigate to the MCP section
Click "Add new Global MCP server"
Copy and paste the configuration below based on your operating system

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "youtube translate": {
            "env": {
                "YOUTUBE_TRANSLATE_API_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY"
            },
            "args": [
                "--directory",
                "/ABSOLUTE/PATH/TO/youtube-translate-mcp",
                "run",
                "-m",
                "youtube_translate_mcp"
            ],
            "command": "uv"
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "youtube translate": {
            "env": {
                "YOUTUBE_TRANSLATE_API_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY"
            },
            "args": [
                "--directory",
                "/ABSOLUTE/PATH/TO/youtube-translate-mcp",
                "run",
                "-m",
                "youtube_translate_mcp"
            ],
            "command": "uv"
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "youtube translate": {
            "env": {
                "YOUTUBE_TRANSLATE_API_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY"
            },
            "args": [
                "--directory",
                "/ABSOLUTE/PATH/TO/youtube-translate-mcp",
                "run",
                "-m",
                "youtube_translate_mcp"
            ],
            "command": "uv"
        }
    }
}

Setting up with Claude Desktop

Open Claude Desktop's settings
Go to the Integrations tab
Click "Add MCP Server"
Use the configuration below based on your operating system

Note: Make sure Claude Desktop is running before attempting to connect.

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "youtube translate": {
            "env": {
                "YOUTUBE_TRANSLATE_API_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY"
            },
            "args": [
                "--directory",
                "/ABSOLUTE/PATH/TO/youtube-translate-mcp",
                "run",
                "-m",
                "youtube_translate_mcp"
            ],
            "command": "uv"
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "youtube translate": {
            "env": {
                "YOUTUBE_TRANSLATE_API_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY"
            },
            "args": [
                "--directory",
                "/ABSOLUTE/PATH/TO/youtube-translate-mcp",
                "run",
                "-m",
                "youtube_translate_mcp"
            ],
            "command": "uv"
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "youtube translate": {
            "env": {
                "YOUTUBE_TRANSLATE_API_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY"
            },
            "args": [
                "--directory",
                "/ABSOLUTE/PATH/TO/youtube-translate-mcp",
                "run",
                "-m",
                "youtube_translate_mcp"
            ],
            "command": "uv"
        }
    }
}

Setting up with Windsurf

Open Windsurf's preferences
Go to the Integrations section
Click "Add MCP Integration"
Use the configuration below based on your operating system

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "youtube translate": {
            "env": {
                "YOUTUBE_TRANSLATE_API_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY"
            },
            "args": [
                "--directory",
                "/ABSOLUTE/PATH/TO/youtube-translate-mcp",
                "run",
                "-m",
                "youtube_translate_mcp"
            ],
            "command": "uv"
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "youtube translate": {
            "env": {
                "YOUTUBE_TRANSLATE_API_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY"
            },
            "args": [
                "--directory",
                "/ABSOLUTE/PATH/TO/youtube-translate-mcp",
                "run",
                "-m",
                "youtube_translate_mcp"
            ],
            "command": "uv"
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "youtube translate": {
            "env": {
                "YOUTUBE_TRANSLATE_API_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY"
            },
            "args": [
                "--directory",
                "/ABSOLUTE/PATH/TO/youtube-translate-mcp",
                "run",
                "-m",
                "youtube_translate_mcp"
            ],
            "command": "uv"
        }
    }
}

Setting up with Cline

Open Cline's settings
Navigate to the Integrations section
Click "Add MCP Server"
Copy and paste the configuration below based on your operating system

Note: Make sure to restart Cline after adding the configuration.

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "youtube translate": {
            "env": {
                "YOUTUBE_TRANSLATE_API_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY"
            },
            "args": [
                "--directory",
                "/ABSOLUTE/PATH/TO/youtube-translate-mcp",
                "run",
                "-m",
                "youtube_translate_mcp"
            ],
            "command": "uv"
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "youtube translate": {
            "env": {
                "YOUTUBE_TRANSLATE_API_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY"
            },
            "args": [
                "--directory",
                "/ABSOLUTE/PATH/TO/youtube-translate-mcp",
                "run",
                "-m",
                "youtube_translate_mcp"
            ],
            "command": "uv"
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "youtube translate": {
            "env": {
                "YOUTUBE_TRANSLATE_API_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY"
            },
            "args": [
                "--directory",
                "/ABSOLUTE/PATH/TO/youtube-translate-mcp",
                "run",
                "-m",
                "youtube_translate_mcp"
            ],
            "command": "uv"
        }
    }
}

Setting up with Goose

Open Goose's preferences
Go to the Integrations tab
Select "MCP Servers"
Click "Add New Server"
Use the configuration below based on your operating system

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "youtube translate": {
            "env": {
                "YOUTUBE_TRANSLATE_API_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY"
            },
            "args": [
                "--directory",
                "/ABSOLUTE/PATH/TO/youtube-translate-mcp",
                "run",
                "-m",
                "youtube_translate_mcp"
            ],
            "command": "uv"
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "youtube translate": {
            "env": {
                "YOUTUBE_TRANSLATE_API_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY"
            },
            "args": [
                "--directory",
                "/ABSOLUTE/PATH/TO/youtube-translate-mcp",
                "run",
                "-m",
                "youtube_translate_mcp"
            ],
            "command": "uv"
        }
    }
}

JSON

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "youtube translate": {
            "env": {
                "YOUTUBE_TRANSLATE_API_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY"
            },
            "args": [
                "--directory",
                "/ABSOLUTE/PATH/TO/youtube-translate-mcp",
                "run",
                "-m",
                "youtube_translate_mcp"
            ],
            "command": "uv"
        }
    }
}

From the repository

To install youtube-translate-mcp for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:

bash
npx -y @smithery/cli install @brianshin22/youtube-translate-mcp --client claude



This package requires Python 3.12 or higher:

bash

- YOUTUBE_TRANSLATE_API_KEY: Required. Your API key for accessing the YouTube Translate API.

This package includes a smithery.yaml file for easy deployment with Smithery.

To deploy, set the YOUTUBE_TRANSLATE_API_KEY configuration parameter to your YouTube Translate API key.

uv venv
source .venv/bin/activate # On Windows: .venv\Scripts\activate

uv pip install -e .

Claude Desktop / Cursor

Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "youtube translate": {
            "env": {
                "YOUTUBE_TRANSLATE_API_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY"
            },
            "args": [
                "--directory",
                "/ABSOLUTE/PATH/TO/youtube-translate-mcp",
                "run",
                "-m",
                "youtube_translate_mcp"
            ],
            "command": "uv"
        }
    }
}

Linux

{
    "env": {
        "YOUTUBE_TRANSLATE_API_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY"
    },
    "args": [
        "--directory",
        "/ABSOLUTE/PATH/TO/youtube-translate-mcp",
        "run",
        "-m",
        "youtube_translate_mcp"
    ],
    "command": "uv"
}

Macos

{
    "env": {
        "YOUTUBE_TRANSLATE_API_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY"
    },
    "args": [
        "--directory",
        "/ABSOLUTE/PATH/TO/youtube-translate-mcp",
        "run",
        "-m",
        "youtube_translate_mcp"
    ],
    "command": "uv"
}

Windows

{
    "env": {
        "YOUTUBE_TRANSLATE_API_KEY": "YOUR_API_KEY"
    },
    "args": [
        "--directory",
        "/ABSOLUTE/PATH/TO/youtube-translate-mcp",
        "run",
        "-m",
        "youtube_translate_mcp"
    ],
    "command": "uv"
}

YouTube Translate MCP

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for accessing the YouTube Translate API, allowing you to obtain transcripts, translations, and summaries of YouTube videos.

Features

Installation

Installing via Smithery

To install youtube-translate-mcp for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:

npx -y @smithery/cli install @brianshin22/youtube-translate-mcp --client claude

Installing Manually

This package requires Python 3.12 or higher:

```bash

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YouTube Translate MCP

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