YouTube Uploader MCP

AI‑powered YouTube uploader—no CLI, no YouTube Studio, and no secrets ever shared with LLMs or third‑party apps and all free of cost! It includes OAuth2 authentication, token management, and video upload functionality.

Features

• Upload videos to YouTube from MCP Client(Claude/Cursor/VS Code)
• OAuth2 authentication flow
• Access token and refresh token management
• Multi Channel Support
• Schedule video uploads

Single Command Installation

For Mac and Linux

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anwerj/youtube-uploader-mcp/master/scripts/install.sh)"

For Windows(Powershell)

Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anwerj/youtube-uploader-mcp/master/scripts/install.ps1" -OutFile "$env:TEMP\install.ps1"; PowerShell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File "$env:TEMP\install.ps1"

Expected result

This single command will

1. Help in downloading oAuth client secret files, if not downloaded,
2. Download the MCP server,
3. Set minimum required permission to run mcp server,
4. Auto update Cluade Desktop config with youtube-uploader-mcp server and
5. At last print exact MCP config for any other clients VS Code/Cursor/AnythingLLM etc.

Demo

Setup and Demo Video

Manual Installation

Please check Single Command Installation, proceed if you prefer manual installation.

Visit the Releases page and download the appropriate binary for your operating system:

• youtube-uploader-mcp-linux-amd64
• youtube-uploader-mcp-darwin-arm64
• youtube-uploader-mcp-windows-amd64.exe
• etc.

You can use the latest versioned tag, e.g., v1.0.0.

2. Make it Executable (Linux/macOS)

chmod +x path/to/youtube-uploader-mcp-<os>-<arch>

3. Configure MCP (e.g., in Claude Desktop or Cursor)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "youtube-uploader-mcp": {
      "command": "/absolute/path/to/youtube-uploader-mcp-<os>-<arch>",
      "args": [
        "-client_secret_file",
        "/absolute/path/to/client_secret.json(See Below)"
      ]
    }
  }
}

4. Set Up Google OAuth 2.0

To upload to YouTube, you must configure OAuth and get a client_secret.json file from the Google Developer Console.

➡️ Follow the guide in youtube_oauth2_setup.md for a step-by-step walkthrough.

Note: Subtitle upload (captions) requires the https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube.force-ssl scope. If you previously authenticated without it, delete your saved token and run authenticate again to generate a token with the new scope.

Usage

• main.go: Entry point for the CLI
• youtube/: YouTube API integration (OAuth, video upload, config)
• tool/: Command-line tools for authentication, token, and upload
• hook/, logn/: Supporting packages