Ollang MCP + YouTube

YouTube and Google do not provide an official YouTube MCP server as of now. The community servers described here are not developed, maintained, or affiliated with Ollang or YouTube. Review their source code, permissions, and API-key handling before use.

Use a YouTube MCP Server alongside Ollang MCP to extract video transcripts and create translation orders. kirbah/mcp-youtube (@kirbah/mcp-youtube) is an actively maintained community alternative that wraps YouTube Data API v3 with a Google API key.

Why YouTube + Ollang?

YouTube is a video platform with a large catalog of content. By connecting a community YouTube server with Ollang MCP, your AI assistant can:

Extract transcripts from YouTube videos
Create subtitle and closed caption translation orders
Prepare multilingual channel content
Order AI dubbing for video URLs

Setup

The examples below use the existing community server. Replace it with @kirbah/mcp-youtube when that package better fits your client.

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ollang": {
      "url": "https://mcp.ollang.com/mcp"
    },
    "youtube": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "zubeid-youtube-mcp-server"],
      "env": {
        "YOUTUBE_API_KEY": "<your-google-api-key>"
      }
    }
  }
}

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ollang": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.ollang.com/mcp"
    },
    "youtube": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "zubeid-youtube-mcp-server"],
      "env": {
        "YOUTUBE_API_KEY": "${YOUTUBE_API_KEY}"
      }
    }
  }
}

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ollang": {
      "url": "https://mcp.ollang.com/mcp"
    },
    "youtube": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "zubeid-youtube-mcp-server"],
      "env": {
        "YOUTUBE_API_KEY": "${YOUTUBE_API_KEY}"
      }
    }
  }
}

Add Ollang in Settings > Integrations > MCP Servers and run the community YouTube server in a compatible local environment:

{
  "mcpServers": [
    {
      "name": "ollang",
      "url": "https://mcp.ollang.com/mcp",
      "transport": "http"
    }
  ]
}

Configure Ollang remotely and run the community server with its Google API key:

.replit-mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ollang": {
      "url": "https://mcp.ollang.com/mcp",
      "transport": "http"
    },
    "youtube": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@kirbah/mcp-youtube"],
      "env": {
        "YOUTUBE_API_KEY": "${YOUTUBE_API_KEY}"
      }
    }
  }
}

Add Ollang through Settings > Integrations > MCP Servers. The community YouTube server requires a client that can run stdio:

lovable.json

{
  "mcp": {
    "servers": {
      "ollang": {
        "url": "https://mcp.ollang.com/mcp",
        "transport": "http"
      },
      "youtube": {
        "command": "npx",
        "args": ["-y", "@kirbah/mcp-youtube"],
        "env": {
          "YOUTUBE_API_KEY": "${YOUTUBE_API_KEY}"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Create a Google API key with access to YouTube Data API v3. Never commit the key; use an environment variable such as YOUTUBE_API_KEY.

YouTube MCP Tools

Tool	Description
`get_video_details`	Get video metadata and info
`get_transcript`	Extract transcript with timestamps
`search_videos`	Search YouTube for videos
`get_channel_info`	Get channel details

Example Workflows

Translate a video’s captions

Get the transcript for https://youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID, upload it
to Ollang, and create subtitle translation orders for Spanish, French,
German, and Japanese.

Localize a playlist

List videos in the "Product Tutorials" playlist, extract each English
transcript, and create Ollang subtitle orders for Portuguese and Korean.

Create AI dubbing

Get the details for the company overview video, upload the video URL to
Ollang, and create AI dubbing orders for Spanish, French, and Arabic.

Community YouTube MCP servers provide access to video data and transcripts. Upload translated captions through YouTube Studio or the YouTube Data API directly.

​Ollang MCP + YouTube

​Why YouTube + Ollang?

​Setup

​YouTube MCP Tools

​Example Workflows

​Translate a video’s captions

​Localize a playlist

​Create AI dubbing

Ollang MCP + YouTube

Why YouTube + Ollang?

Setup

YouTube MCP Tools

Example Workflows

Translate a video’s captions

Localize a playlist

Create AI dubbing