Install YTDL RMCP for Claude Desktop
Claude Desktop reads mcpServers from claude_desktop_config.json. Restart the app after saving.
- Open ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on macOS, %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json on Windows, or ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on Linux.
- Paste the JSON config below.
- Replace placeholder secrets, then restart the client if it does not reload on its own.
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"jmagar-ytdl-rmcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"ytdl-rmcp@1.0.2"
],
"env": {
"YTDLP_PLEX_URL": "",
"YTDLP_PLEX_TOKEN": "YOUR_YTDLP_PLEX_TOKEN",
"YTDLP_ACOUSTID_CLIENT_KEY": "YOUR_YTDLP_ACOUSTID_CLIENT_KEY",
"YTDL_RMCP_BINARY_VERSION": "",
"YTDL_RMCP_RELEASE_BASE_URL": "https://github.com/jmagar/ytdl-rmcp/releases/download",
"RUST_LOG": "info"
}
}
}
}