YouTube Research MCP v1.2.0 makes citation-ready evidence self-identifying and completes one-click desktop distribution.
Highlights
- Every
research-videoandresearch-videosresult now includes video title, channel identity, canonical URLs, thumbnail, and readable citation labels such asIntroducing GPT-5 [00:35]. - Transcript segments and source identity are obtained from one YouTube information request and cached together.
- A reproducible MCPB pipeline vendors production dependencies, unpacks the artifact in a clean directory, launches the bundled MCP server, and verifies all 14 tools.
- GitHub Releases and Smithery can distribute the local one-click bundle for Claude Desktop and other MCPB-compatible clients.
Install
codex mcp add youtube-research -- npx -y @coyasong/youtube-mcp-server@latestNo YouTube API key is required for transcript research.
Verification
- Node 20/22 CI
- 14 automated tests
- live citation test against
Introducing GPT-5 - published-package virtual-user smoke test
- clean-room MCPB runtime smoke test
- Docker production build
- npm audit: 0 vulnerabilities