youtube_download

MCP tool from Rytdl by dinglebear-ai

Download one or more URLs (audio/video/both) and transfer them to a target path.

How to use it

Project documentation lists youtube_download for the Rytdl MCP server. Add the server to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf and others), then check which tools your installed version makes available. Tool availability can depend on configuration and credentials. A server handshake does not verify this tool’s behavior. See the full listing for setup details.

Install Rytdl

$npx -y @dinglebear/rytdl
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Other tools in Rytdl (13)

failed

errored with no files.

history_error

set when the download succeeded but the JSONL ledger append

metadata_retag

MusicBrainz/AcoustID auto-retag summary (attempted,

ok

succeeded with files.

partial

an error occurred but some files were still produced.

skipped

nothing new (already in the archive).

youtube_identify

Fingerprint local audio with fpcalc, return AcoustID/MusicBrainz candidates, preview canonical tags, and optionally write high-confidence tags.

youtube_plex_playlist

Build or preview Plex audio playlists from successful transferred audio history.

youtube_probe

Read-only: resolve title/duration/uploader/format counts without downloading.

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_stats

Summarize the download ledger: totals, file kinds, uploaders, and recent entries.

youtube_transfer_queue

List and drain retained-staging transfer failure manifests.