YTDL RMCP MCP Server

Name: YTDL RMCP MCP Server
Author: ai.dinglebear

ai.dinglebear/rytdl

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What is the YTDL RMCP MCP server?

yt-dlp search, download, metadata, delivery, and Plex workflows over MCP and CLI.

How to install YTDL RMCP

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio

Config generated by PluginBench — verify against the source before use.

Environment / auth

YTDLP_PLEX_URL
Optional Plex server URL for playlist and Plex sync workflows.
YTDLP_PLEX_TOKEN
secret
Optional Plex token for playlist and Plex sync workflows.
YTDLP_ACOUSTID_CLIENT_KEY
secret
Optional AcoustID client key for identification and auto-retagging workflows.
YTDL_RMCP_BINARY_VERSION
Optional GitHub release tag override for the downloaded YTDL RMCP binary.
YTDL_RMCP_RELEASE_BASE_URL
Optional release download base URL override.
RUST_LOG
Tracing filter for YTDL RMCP logs.

Claude Desktop

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "rytdl": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@dinglebear/rytdl"
      ],
      "env": {
        "YTDLP_PLEX_URL": "<YOUR_YTDLP_PLEX_URL>",
        "YTDLP_PLEX_TOKEN": "<YOUR_YTDLP_PLEX_TOKEN>",
        "YTDLP_ACOUSTID_CLIENT_KEY": "<YOUR_YTDLP_ACOUSTID_CLIENT_KEY>",
        "YTDL_RMCP_BINARY_VERSION": "<YOUR_YTDL_RMCP_BINARY_VERSION>",
        "YTDL_RMCP_RELEASE_BASE_URL": "<YOUR_YTDL_RMCP_RELEASE_BASE_URL>",
        "RUST_LOG": "<YOUR_RUST_LOG>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "rytdl": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@dinglebear/rytdl"
      ],
      "env": {
        "YTDLP_PLEX_URL": "<YOUR_YTDLP_PLEX_URL>",
        "YTDLP_PLEX_TOKEN": "<YOUR_YTDLP_PLEX_TOKEN>",
        "YTDLP_ACOUSTID_CLIENT_KEY": "<YOUR_YTDLP_ACOUSTID_CLIENT_KEY>",
        "YTDL_RMCP_BINARY_VERSION": "<YOUR_YTDL_RMCP_BINARY_VERSION>",
        "YTDL_RMCP_RELEASE_BASE_URL": "<YOUR_YTDL_RMCP_RELEASE_BASE_URL>",
        "RUST_LOG": "<YOUR_RUST_LOG>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "rytdl": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@dinglebear/rytdl"
      ],
      "env": {
        "YTDLP_PLEX_URL": "<YOUR_YTDLP_PLEX_URL>",
        "YTDLP_PLEX_TOKEN": "<YOUR_YTDLP_PLEX_TOKEN>",
        "YTDLP_ACOUSTID_CLIENT_KEY": "<YOUR_YTDLP_ACOUSTID_CLIENT_KEY>",
        "YTDL_RMCP_BINARY_VERSION": "<YOUR_YTDL_RMCP_BINARY_VERSION>",
        "YTDL_RMCP_RELEASE_BASE_URL": "<YOUR_YTDL_RMCP_RELEASE_BASE_URL>",
        "RUST_LOG": "<YOUR_RUST_LOG>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "rytdl": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@dinglebear/rytdl"
      ],
      "env": {
        "YTDLP_PLEX_URL": "<YOUR_YTDLP_PLEX_URL>",
        "YTDLP_PLEX_TOKEN": "<YOUR_YTDLP_PLEX_TOKEN>",
        "YTDLP_ACOUSTID_CLIENT_KEY": "<YOUR_YTDLP_ACOUSTID_CLIENT_KEY>",
        "YTDL_RMCP_BINARY_VERSION": "<YOUR_YTDL_RMCP_BINARY_VERSION>",
        "YTDL_RMCP_RELEASE_BASE_URL": "<YOUR_YTDL_RMCP_RELEASE_BASE_URL>",
        "RUST_LOG": "<YOUR_RUST_LOG>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add rytdl --env YTDLP_PLEX_URL=<YOUR_YTDLP_PLEX_URL> --env YTDLP_PLEX_TOKEN=<YOUR_YTDLP_PLEX_TOKEN> --env YTDLP_ACOUSTID_CLIENT_KEY=<YOUR_YTDLP_ACOUSTID_CLIENT_KEY> --env YTDL_RMCP_BINARY_VERSION=<YOUR_YTDL_RMCP_BINARY_VERSION> --env YTDL_RMCP_RELEASE_BASE_URL=<YOUR_YTDL_RMCP_RELEASE_BASE_URL> --env RUST_LOG=<YOUR_RUST_LOG> -- npx -y @dinglebear/rytdl