eat-pray-ai/yutu

{
  "web": {
    "client_id": "11181119.apps.googleusercontent.com",
    "project_id": "yutu-11181119",
    "auth_uri": "https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth",
    "token_uri": "https://oauth2.googleapis.com/token",
    "auth_provider_x509_cert_url": "https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v1/certs",
    "client_secret": "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
    "redirect_uris": [
      "http://localhost:8216"
    ]
  }
}

❯ yutu auth --credential client_secret.json

{
  "access_token": "ya29.XXXXXXXXX",
  "token_type": "Bearer",
  "refresh_token": "1//XXXXXXXXXX",
  "expiry": "2024-05-26T18:49:56.1911165+08:00"
}

❯ export YUTU_CREDENTIAL=client_secret.json
❯ export YUTU_CACHE_TOKEN=youtube.token.json
# or
❯ YUTU_CREDENTIAL=client_secret.json YUTU_CACHE_TOKEN=youtube.token.json yutu subcommand --flag value

❯ docker pull ghcr.io/eat-pray-ai/yutu:latest
❯ docker run --rm ghcr.io/eat-pray-ai/yutu:latest
# make sure client_secret.json is in the current directory
❯ docker run --rm -it -u $(id -u):$(id -g) -v $(pwd):/app -p 8216:8216 ghcr.io/eat-pray-ai/yutu:latest

❯ go install github.com/eat-pray-ai/yutu@latest

❯ curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/eat-pray-ai/yutu/main/scripts/install.sh | bash

❯ brew install yutu

# or
❯ curl -sSfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/eat-pray-ai/yutu/main/scripts/install.sh | bash

❯ winget install yutu

# Docker
❯ gh attestation verify oci://ghcr.io/eat-pray-ai/yutu:latest --repo eat-pray-ai/yutu

# Linux and macOS(if installed using shell script)
❯ gh attestation verify $(which yutu) --repo eat-pray-ai/yutu

# Windows
❯ gh attestation verify $(where.exe yutu.exe) --repo eat-pray-ai/yutu

❯ export YUTU_ADVANCED_MODEL=google:gemini-3.1-pro-preview
❯ export YUTU_LITE_MODEL=google:gemini-3-flash-preview
❯ export YUTU_LLM_API_KEY=your_gemini_api_key
// Optional settings
❯ export GOOGLE_GEMINI_BASE_URL=https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/
❯ export YUTU_AGENT_INSTRUCTION=Your custom instruction here

{
  "yutu": {
    "type": "stdio",
    "command": "yutu",
    "args": [
      "mcp"
    ],
    "env": {
      "YUTU_CREDENTIAL": "/absolute/path/to/client_secret.json",
      "YUTU_CACHE_TOKEN": "/absolute/path/to/youtube.token.json"
    }
  }
}

# Install a single skill (e.g. video management)
❯ npx skills add https://github.com/eat-pray-ai/yutu/tree/main/skills/yutu-video

# Install all skills at once
❯ npx skills add https://github.com/eat-pray-ai/yutu/tree/main/skills

❯ yutu        
yutu is a fully functional MCP server and CLI for YouTube, which can manipulate almost all YouTube resources.

Environment variables:
  YUTU_CREDENTIAL    Path/base64/JSON of OAuth client secret (default: client_secret.json)
  YUTU_CACHE_TOKEN   Path/base64/JSON of cached OAuth token (default: youtube.token.json)
  YUTU_ROOT          Root directory for file resolution (default: current working directory)
  YUTU_LOG_LEVEL     Log level: DEBUG, INFO, WARN, ERROR (default: INFO)

Usage:
  yutu [flags]
  yutu [command]

Available Commands:
  activity               Manage activities on YouTube
  agent                  Start an agent to automate YouTube workflows
  auth                   Authenticate with YouTube APIs
  caption                Manage YouTube video captions
  channel                Manage YouTube channels
  channelBanner          Manage YouTube channel banners
  channelSection         Manage YouTube channel sections
  comment                Manage YouTube comments
  commentThread          Manage YouTube comment threads
  completion             Generate the autocompletion script for the specified shell
  help                   Help about any command
  i18nLanguage           Manage YouTube i18n languages
  i18nRegion             Manage YouTube i18n regions
  mcp                    Start MCP server
  member                 Manage YouTube channel members
  membershipsLevel       Manage YouTube memberships levels
  playlist               Manage YouTube playlists
  playlistImage          Manage YouTube playlist images
  playlistItem           Manage YouTube playlist items
  search                 Manage YouTube search
  subscription           Manage YouTube subscriptions
  superChatEvent         Manage YouTube Super Chat events
  thumbnail              Manage YouTube video thumbnails
  version                Show the version of yutu
  video                  Manage YouTube videos
  videoAbuseReportReason Manage YouTube video abuse report reasons
  videoCategory          Manage YouTube video categories
  watermark              Manage YouTube watermarks

Flags:
  -h, --help   help for yutu

Use "yutu [command] --help" for more information about a command.