playTrack
Search for a track on YouTube Music and open the top result in the default browser.
LABSCO SUMMARY
The smallest thing that turns "play that song" into an actual open tab.
There is no queue, no playlist management and no playback control — playTrack hands the top result to your browser and the server's involvement ends there. That narrowness is the point; searchTrack exists for the case where the top result is the wrong one.
What it is
A small MCP server over YouTube Music search — look up tracks by name, and open the top match in your default browser.
What you get
- searchTrack — search YouTube Music for tracks by name and read the matches back
- playTrack — search for a track and open the top result in your default browser
Requirements
A Google YouTube API key, supplied through your client config. The server is started by the client over stdio, so there is nothing to install by hand.
Setup effort
One command plus a key — npx -y @instructa/mcp-youtube-music, then supply credentials
USE CASES
01
Playing a song you can only half remember
Search on whatever fragment of the name you have, look at the matches, then open the right one.
02
Starting music without breaking flow
Ask for a track by name and get it opened in the browser directly.
2 tools
Counted once with only startup setup. Other versions, modes or optional credentials may expose a different list.
searchTrack
Search for tracks on YouTube Music by name.
BEFORE YOU INSTALL
What to know first
Tools you get
2 tools when we connected.
Requires
- npx on PATH
- YOUTUBE_API_KEY in your environment
Where it runs
The documented client runs the server on your machine.
CONTEXT COST
Light Standing cost
Rated by the size of the 2 tool definitions that ride along on every turn, not by how many there are
INSTALLATION
Connect your client
Server setup
TERMINAL
npx -y @instructa/mcp-youtube-musicMCP Clients
Cursor
CURSOR · JSON
{
"mcpServers": {
"youtube-music-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@instructa/mcp-youtube-music"
],
"env": {
"YOUTUBE_API_KEY": "<YOUR_YOUTUBE_API_KEY>"
}
}
}
}
