YTDL RMCP
Resumen
Descripción del creador (original en inglés)
yt-dlp search, download, metadata, delivery, and Plex workflows over MCP and CLI.
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- Opinión de usuariosiAún no hay reseñasLas reseñas se abrirán junto con las cuentas en una etapa posterior
- Nuestras revisiones básicasi1 de 1 superadasRevisado con información pública; el código aún no se ha escaneado
- UsoiMuy nuevo↓ 97/sem · ★ –
Qué puedes hacer con él
Todavía no escribimos un resumen sencillo para este. Abajo están los datos que leímos del registro.
- Conexión: Se ejecuta en tu computadora
- Transporte: stdio
- Categoría: Búsqueda y memoria de IA
- Debes completar: YTDLP_PLEX_TOKEN, YTDLP_ACOUSTID_CLIENT_KEY
Instalación
Elige la app de IA que usas y copia la configuración.
Antes de instalar
- Revisiones básicas: 1 de 1 superadas
- Se ejecuta en tu computadora con los permisos de tu usuario (archivos, red, apps).
- Debes completar tú:
YTDLP_PLEX_URL,YTDLP_PLEX_TOKEN,YTDLP_ACOUSTID_CLIENT_KEY,YTDL_RMCP_BINARY_VERSION,YTDL_RMCP_RELEASE_BASE_URL,RUST_LOG
Los valores marcados como secretos son llaves de tu cuenta. Nunca los compartas ni los pegues en un chat.
Necesitas
- npmNode.js instalado (para el comando npx)
¿Qué app usas?
Elige tu app arriba. La recordamos, así que la próxima vez el botón dirá “Instalar en …”.
Abre Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit Config y pega esto en claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"rytdl": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@dinglebear/rytdl"
],
"env": {
"YTDLP_PLEX_URL": "your-value",
"YTDLP_PLEX_TOKEN": "your-value",
"YTDLP_ACOUSTID_CLIENT_KEY": "your-value",
"YTDL_RMCP_BINARY_VERSION": "your-value",
"YTDL_RMCP_RELEASE_BASE_URL": "your-value",
"RUST_LOG": "your-value"
}
}
}
}Ejecuta esto en tu terminal
claude mcp add rytdl --env YTDLP_PLEX_URL=your-value --env YTDLP_PLEX_TOKEN=your-value --env YTDLP_ACOUSTID_CLIENT_KEY=your-value --env YTDL_RMCP_BINARY_VERSION=your-value --env YTDL_RMCP_RELEASE_BASE_URL=your-value --env RUST_LOG=your-value -- npx -y @dinglebear/rytdlCompleta los valores vacíos antes de ejecutarlo.
O copia la configuración tú
Pégalo en .cursor/mcp.json de tu proyecto, o en ~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"rytdl": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@dinglebear/rytdl"
],
"env": {
"YTDLP_PLEX_URL": "your-value",
"YTDLP_PLEX_TOKEN": "your-value",
"YTDLP_ACOUSTID_CLIENT_KEY": "your-value",
"YTDL_RMCP_BINARY_VERSION": "your-value",
"YTDL_RMCP_RELEASE_BASE_URL": "your-value",
"RUST_LOG": "your-value"
}
}
}
}Tu navegador te pide permiso para abrir la app; luego la app muestra la configuración y te pide confirmar. Los valores de las claves quedan vacíos para que los completes tú.
O copia la configuración tú
Pégalo en .vscode/mcp.json de tu proyecto
{
"servers": {
"rytdl": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@dinglebear/rytdl"
],
"env": {
"YTDLP_PLEX_URL": "your-value",
"YTDLP_PLEX_TOKEN": "your-value",
"YTDLP_ACOUSTID_CLIENT_KEY": "your-value",
"YTDL_RMCP_BINARY_VERSION": "your-value",
"YTDL_RMCP_RELEASE_BASE_URL": "your-value",
"RUST_LOG": "your-value"
}
}
}
}Tu navegador te pide permiso para abrir la app; luego la app muestra la configuración y te pide confirmar. Los valores de las claves quedan vacíos para que los completes tú.
Este se ejecuta en tu computadora, y ChatGPT solo puede conectarse a servidores en internet. Elige otra app.
Tu elección se guarda en una cookie en este dispositivo; no necesitas cuenta.
Valores que debes completar
YTDLP_PLEX_URLenvOptional Plex server URL for playlist and Plex sync workflows.- Optional Plex token for playlist and Plex sync workflows.
- Optional AcoustID client key for identification and auto-retagging workflows.
YTDL_RMCP_BINARY_VERSIONenvOptional GitHub release tag override for the downloaded YTDL RMCP binary.YTDL_RMCP_RELEASE_BASE_URLenvOptional release download base URL override.RUST_LOGenvTracing filter for YTDL RMCP logs.
Esta configuración se genera a partir de la ficha del creador en el registro. Si el README dice otra cosa, sigue el README.
Qué puede hacer
Se ejecuta en tu computadora; la lista de herramientas aparece en tu app de IA después de instalarlo.
Revisiones básicasi
Revisamos información que cualquiera puede ver; no hemos leído el código. Las revisiones que no aplican no se cuentan. · Revisado el 10 nov 2026
- ✓ Superada
El creador coincide con el repo
El nombre en el registro se verificó con el dominio dinglebear.ai (el registro comprueba quién es dueño del dominio)
- … Aún sin revisar
Sigue en mantenimiento
Todavía no hemos leído este repo en GitHub
- … Aún sin revisar
Tiene licencia
Todavía no hemos leído este repo en GitHub
- – No aplica
El endpoint responde
Este se ejecuta en tu computadora; no hay endpoint en internet
- – No aplica
Inicio de sesión con OAuth
Se ejecuta en tu computadora y usa ajustes locales en su lugar
- … Aún sin revisar
Sin instrucciones ocultas en las descripciones de herramientas
Se ejecuta en tu computadora; solo podemos leer listas de herramientas de endpoints en internet
Comparado con otros en Búsqueda y memoria de IAi
- Más estrellas que el 0% de los otros 5837 servidores de esta categoría
- Publicado en el registro más recientemente que el 27% de los otros 5837 servidores de esta categoría
- Revisiones básicas iguales o mejores que el 100% de los otros 5837 servidores de esta categoría
Comparado con todos los servidores activos de esta categoría en el registro. Las estrellas solo cuentan cuando quien lo publica es dueño del repo.
Preguntas frecuentes
¿Es seguro YTDL RMCP?
Superó 1 de 1 revisiones básicas aplicables. No hemos leído el código. Antes de agregar una clave o un token, revisa qué acceso pide el servidor y usa una clave que tenga solo los permisos que necesitas.
¿Qué claves o códigos necesita?
Debes completar: YTDLP_PLEX_TOKEN, YTDLP_ACOUSTID_CLIENT_KEY
¿Se ejecuta en mi computadora o en la nube?
Se ejecuta en tu computadora. Tu app de IA lo inicia cuando hace falta, y los datos no pasan por los servidores del creador (a menos que el propio servidor llame a un servicio en línea).
¿Sigue en mantenimiento?
El repo de GitHub cambió por última vez –, y la última versión (1.0.4) llegó al registro hace 3 meses.
¿Qué apps pueden usarlo?
Las apps compatibles con MCP, como Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor y VS Code. También necesitas Node.js en tu computadora.
¿Qué puedo usar en su lugar?
En la misma categoría: Context7, Codebase Memory, Exa
Alternativas
Servidores de la misma categoría hechos por otros creadores, ordenados por estrellas.
Cómo leer una tarjeta:↓ Descargas por semanai★ Estrellas de GitHubiTres pilares: reseñas · revisiones · usoiActualizado = fecha en que se publicó la última versión en el registroi
Codebase Memory
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Exa
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README del creador
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ytdl-rmcp
yt-dlp search, download, metadata, delivery, and Plex workflows over MCP and CLI.
Written in Rust on the rmcp crate. yt-dlp and ffmpeg are auto-downloaded into a per-user cache on first run, so the host needs neither pre-installed — the one binary is the whole install.
30-second path: npx -y @dinglebear/rytdl setup -> configure a target path -> call youtube_search or youtube_probe; use youtube_download only after the destination and trust boundary are clear.
Status: production personal-media MCP server. Read-only search/probe/stats paths are safe; download, playlist, queue-drain, and tag-writing paths create or move state and are intended for trusted callers.
Not for: a generic web-downloader SaaS, a multi-tenant media ingestion boundary, a replacement for yt-dlp's upstream site handling, or an arbitrary filesystem writer for untrusted MCP callers.
Contents
- Naming
- Capabilities And Boundaries
- Install
- Quickstart
- Client Configuration
- Runtime Surfaces
- MCP Tool Reference
- CLI Reference
- Configuration
- Authentication
- Safety And Trust Model
- Architecture
- Distribution Contract
- Development
- Verification
- Deployment
- Troubleshooting
- Related Servers
- Documentation
- License
Naming
| Surface | This repo |
|---|---|
| Repository | dinglebear-ai/rytdl |
| Cargo crate | ytdl-rmcp |
| npm package | @dinglebear/rytdl |
| CLI / binary | rytdl |
| MCP tools | youtube_search, youtube_search_ui, youtube_download, youtube_probe, youtube_identify, youtube_stats, youtube_plex_playlist, youtube_transfer_queue |
| Env prefix | YTDLP_*, plus FFMPEG_*, FPCALC_PATH, and YTDLP_LOG |
| Transport | stdio only — no HTTP listener, no service port |
The crate and npm package use the *-rmcp family naming pattern, while the repository and runtime binary are rytdl so local shells get a short Rust-native command.
Capabilities And Boundaries
- Searches YouTube through yt-dlp without downloading media.
- Downloads audio, video, or both into a staging tree, tags audio metadata, and transfers the result to local, SSH, or rclone destinations.
- Optionally fingerprints audio through AcoustID/MusicBrainz and syncs completed audio downloads into a Plex playlist.
- Builds Plex playlists from successful transfer history and drains server-made retained-staging transfer manifests.
- Exposes an MCP App search UI for hosts that can render embedded widgets.
- Keeps a JSONL ledger for repeat-safe downloads and stats.
| This repo owns | Upstream owns | Explicitly out of scope |
|---|---|---|
| MCP tools, CLI setup, media staging, tagging, transfer policy, queue manifests, config validation, response shaping, plugin/package metadata. | yt-dlp extraction behavior, source-site availability, ffmpeg media conversion, Plex library indexing, SSH/rclone authentication. | Multi-tenant isolation, arbitrary local writes for untrusted callers, credential brokering, site-specific scraping guarantees, media-server replacement. |
Features
- Audio, video, or both — audio-first by default, with separate targets for audio and video.
- Proper tagging — embeds title / artist / album / date and cover art, and organizes output as
Artist/Title [id].extso media servers (Plex, etc.) index it cleanly. A non-greedyArtist - Titleparse recovers the artist from free-form video titles. Source.info.json, thumbnail, and description sidecars are preserved next to the media for future retagging/indexing. Common YouTube title noise like(Official Video),[Official Audio], and trailing channel handles is stripped from embedded title metadata by default. - Self-contained paths — the binary downloads/caches yt-dlp + ffmpeg when run directly; the container image bakes in ffmpeg, fpcalc, SSH, and rsync for media-host batch jobs.
- Self-installing —
ytdl-rmcp setupregisters the server into Claude Code, Codex, and/or Gemini CLI via each tool's ownmcp add. - Robust transfers — local paths (
/path) are copied in-process by the binary itself, SSH targets (host:/path) usersync -a --partial --protect-argswith anscpfallback whenrsyncis missing, and rclone targets (remote:pathorrclone:remote:/path) userclone copy. On transfer failure the local staging copy is kept for retry and recorded as a drainable manifest foryoutube_transfer_queue. - Repeat-safe —
use_archiverecords downloaded IDs (per mode) and skips them on later runs; YouTube mix/radio URLs are auto-cleaned to the seed video. - Stats-ready ledger — every completed download call appends a JSONL entry with timestamp, destinations, files, bytes, uploader, and transfer status.
- Plex playlist sync — when Plex credentials are configured, downloaded audio is added to
yt-dlp Downloadsby default.
MCP Tool Reference
| Tool | Purpose |
|---|---|
youtube_search | Search YouTube with yt-dlp and return result URLs without downloading. |
youtube_search_ui | Open an interactive YouTube search UI in MCP App-capable hosts. |
youtube_download | Download one or more URLs (audio/video/both) and transfer them to a target path. |
youtube_probe | Read-only: resolve title/duration/uploader/format counts without downloading. |
youtube_identify | Fingerprint local audio with fpcalc, return AcoustID/MusicBrainz candidates, preview canonical tags, and optionally write high-confidence tags. |
youtube_stats | Summarize the download ledger: totals, file kinds, uploaders, and recent entries. |
youtube_plex_playlist | Build or preview Plex audio playlists from successful transferred audio history. |
youtube_transfer_queue | List and drain retained-staging transfer failure manifests. |
youtube_download parameters
| Param | Default | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
urls | — (required) | One URL string or an array of URLs. |
mode | audio | audio, video, or both. |
audio_format | env YTDLP_AUDIO_FORMAT → mp3 | mp3/m4a/opus/flac/wav/best. |
audio_quality | 0 | yt-dlp quality for lossy codecs: 0–9 or a bitrate like 192K. |
max_height | best | Cap video resolution (e.g. 1080). |
container | mp4 | mp4 or mkv for video. |
target_path | env YTDLP_TARGET_PATH | Destination for audio. Use /path for local, host:/path for SSH, or remote:path or rclone:remote:/path for rclone. |
video_target_path | env YTDLP_VIDEO_TARGET_PATH → target_path | Destination for video when it should land somewhere different from audio. Same target forms. |
keep_local | false | Keep the local staging copy after transfer. |
use_archive | false | Record + skip already-downloaded IDs (per mode). |
plex_playlist | env YTDLP_PLEX_PLAYLIST → yt-dlp Downloads when Plex is configured | Plex playlist title or ID to add downloaded audio tracks to. Requires YTDLP_PLEX_URL and YTDLP_PLEX_TOKEN. |
response_format | markdown | markdown or json. |
When Plex credentials are configured, successful downloads that produced audio files search Plex for each downloaded track, create the target playlist if needed, and add missing tracks while skipping entries already present. The default playlist is yt-dlp Downloads; set YTDLP_PLEX_PLAYLIST or pass plex_playlist to override it. Plex errors are reported as plex_playlist_error and do not make the completed download fail. JSON responses include a plex_playlist summary with matched, added, already_present, and missing counts.
Canonical metadata matching through MusicBrainz/AcoustID is documented in docs/musicbrainz-acoustid.md. youtube_download automatically runs high-confidence MusicBrainz retagging for downloaded audio when YTDLP_ACOUSTID_CLIENT_KEY is configured; youtube_identify remains available for previewing or repairing existing library files, with manual tag writes enabled by write_tags=true.
youtube_download JSON response
With response_format=json, the call returns a single object describing the batch:
| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
transferred | true if every produced subtree reached its target. |
transfer_error | null on success, else the failure/timeout message (string). |
target_path / destination / destinations | The per-kind target destination(s) actually used. |
staging_kept_at | Local staging path retained for retry (set when the transfer failed or keep_local was requested). |
total_files / total_bytes / total_size | Aggregate counts across all items. |
partial_items | Count of items that errored but still produced files. |
failed_items | Count of items that errored and produced no files. |
items[] | Per-URL results, each with a status, title, video_id, error, and a files[] list. |
Each items[].status is one of:
ok— succeeded with files.partial— an error occurred but some files were still produced.failed— errored with no files.skipped— nothing new (already in the archive).
Optional keys are attached only when the relevant stage ran:
metadata_retag— MusicBrainz/AcoustID auto-retag summary (attempted,matched,written,skipped,errors, or anerrorstring); present whenYTDLP_ACOUSTID_CLIENT_KEYis configured.plex_playlist— Plex playlist summary (playlist,matched,added,already_present,missing);plex_playlist_erroris set instead if the Plex update failed (a Plex failure does not fail the download).history_error— set when the download succeeded but the JSONL ledger append failed.
youtube_probe takes urls and response_format.
youtube_plex_playlist
Build or preview Plex audio playlists from successful ytdl-rmcp download history.
Actions:
| Action | Meaning |
|---|---|
list_candidates | Return audio candidates from history entries where transferred is true. |
preview | Resolve selected candidates against Plex without mutating Plex. |
apply | Add selected candidates to a Plex audio playlist idempotently. |
Candidates are history-derived and audio-only. Failed or retained-staging transfers are intentionally excluded.
apply can return plexamp_url, plex_web_url, and playback_link_status. plexamp_url is a best-effort generated listen.plex.tv playback link, not an official Plexamp API guarantee. The regular Plex playlist API calls use the official Plex Media Server API.
youtube_transfer_queue
List and drain server-created transfer failure manifests.
Actions:
| Action | Meaning |
|---|---|
list | Show pending retained-staging transfer manifests. |
retry | Retry one manifest by opaque manifest_id. |
retry_all | Retry all pending manifests. |
prune | Remove manifests whose staging directory is gone. |
The queue never accepts arbitrary filesystem paths. Retry uses the original target paths recorded at failure time and re-checks local target policy before transfer. Manifests are created by the local s
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