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yutu is an MCP server that adds tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. CLI, MCP server, and AI agent to automate YouTube workflows. It has 705 GitHub stars, is released under the Apache-2.0 license and runs locally with npx -y @eat-pray-ai/yutu.

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Install yutu

Generated from the server's MCP registry entry. Replace your-value with your own values.

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "yutu": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@eat-pray-ai/yutu"
      ],
      "env": {
        "YUTU_CREDENTIAL": "your-value",
        "YUTU_CACHE_TOKEN": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env YUTU_CREDENTIAL=your-value --env YUTU_CACHE_TOKEN=your-value --transport stdio yutu -- npx -y @eat-pray-ai/yutu

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "yutu": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@eat-pray-ai/yutu"
      ],
      "env": {
        "YUTU_CREDENTIAL": "your-value",
        "YUTU_CACHE_TOKEN": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "yutu_credential",
      "description": "YUTU_CREDENTIAL",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "yutu_cache_token",
      "description": "YUTU_CACHE_TOKEN",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "yutu": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@eat-pray-ai/yutu"
      ],
      "env": {
        "YUTU_CREDENTIAL": "${input:yutu_credential}",
        "YUTU_CACHE_TOKEN": "${input:yutu_cache_token}"
      }
    }
  }
}

Config formats checked against the official docs on Oct 7, 2026: modelcontextprotocol.io (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com (opens in a new tab), cursor.com (opens in a new tab), code.visualstudio.com (opens in a new tab).

Environment variables

Variables the server reads at startup.

NameRequiredDescription
YUTU_CREDENTIALsecretYesGCP project credential for yutu, Base64 encoded JSON or path to JSON file
YUTU_CACHE_TOKENsecretYesYouTube authentication token, Base64 encoded JSON or path to JSON file
YUTU_LOG_LEVELNoLog level

About yutu

yutu is a CLI, MCP server, and AI agent to automate YouTube workflows — from uploading and optimizing videos to managing comments, playlists, and channel branding — and provides a skill for AI agents, so you can get more views, higher click-through rates, and stronger audience engagement with less manual effort. 中文文档

  • cli
  • youtube
  • mcp
  • automation
  • bot
  • video
  • agent
  • ai
  • gemini
  • linux

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How do I install the yutu MCP server?

Add the command npx -y @eat-pray-ai/yutu to your MCP client: put it in claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop, run claude mcp add for Claude Code, or add it to .cursor/mcp.json (Cursor) or .vscode/mcp.json (VS Code). The snippets on this page are ready to paste.

Is yutu free?

The server is open source under the Apache-2.0 license, so running it is free. It needs credentials (YUTU_CREDENTIAL and YUTU_CACHE_TOKEN) for the service it connects to, which may require a paid account.

Is yutu actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Oct 24, 2026. The latest release is v0.11.0, published Oct 2, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months.