YouTube Music Media Control Plugin 🎵

This utility package serves as a minimal Media Control Protocol (MCP) endpoint designed to interface with YouTube Music. It permits direct interaction—specifically searching and playback initiation—through sophisticated conversational agents such as Cursor or Claude Desktop environments.

Core Dependencies:

• YouTube Music Service - The primary content source.
• Anthropic MCP Framework - The protocol specification for agent interaction.
• Cursor IDE - A supported execution environment.

Exposed Functionality

• searchTrack: Executes queries against the YouTube Music catalog using a specified song title or artist.
• playTrack: Initiates immediate playback of search results by launching the selected track within your system's default web browser.

Deployment Instructions

1. Secure Credentials

Access necessitates a legitimate Google Youtube API Key.

2. Configuration Integration

Incorporate the subsequent MCP configuration block into your Cursor configuration file located at ~/.cursor/mcp.json:

{ "mcpServers": { "youtube-music-mcp": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "@instructa/mcp-youtube-music"], "env": { "YOUTUBE_API_KEY": "" } } } }

Development Notes

This MCP is primarily intended for immediate execution via npx, negating the need for prior local compilation or setup unless source code modification is planned. Local development typically involves repository cloning and adherence to specific contribution guidelines.

Licensing

This software is distributed under the terms of the MIT License; refer to the accompanying LICENSE file for comprehensive specifics.

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