Install youtube-mcp 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": {
"miller-joe-youtube-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@miller-joe/youtube-mcp@0.1.2"
],
"env": {
"YOUTUBE_CLIENT_ID": "",
"YOUTUBE_CLIENT_SECRET": "YOUR_YOUTUBE_CLIENT_SECRET",
"YOUTUBE_CLIENT_SECRET_FILE": "",
"YOUTUBE_TOKEN_FILE": "",
"COMFYUI_URL": "",
"COMFYUI_DEFAULT_CKPT": ""
}
}
}
}