list_playlistsLABSCO SUMMARY
Watching becomes studying without a separate app in between.
A playlist URL goes in, transcripts come out as cards, and the same connection runs the daily review and reports how it went — so the whole loop from source material to retained knowledge happens where you already are.
What it is
The hosted server for Acornonaut, a study tool that generates flashcards from YouTube transcripts and schedules their review using the SM-2 spaced-repetition algorithm. It runs at mcp.acornonaut.app and signs you in through the browser.
What you get
- Playlists created from a YouTube URL, listed with their status and progress, renamed, reconfigured or deleted
- Videos added by URL to an existing playlist, with the transcript retrievable and the cards generated from a video listed
- Cards created, read, edited, deleted and searched across the whole library
- The review loop itself: the cards that are due, an answer recorded against each, and the statistics that come out of it
- Semantic search across your cards, so a half-remembered concept is findable without the exact wording
- Export to Anki, so the deck is not trapped in one product
Requirements
An Acornonaut account, authorized over OAuth — the browser opens on first connection and your client keeps the token. Any client that speaks streamable HTTP can connect to the hosted URL; there is nothing to install and no API key to manage.
Setup effort
Paste a URL, then authorize — add the endpoint to your client, then approve the OAuth consent screen
USE CASES
01
Turning a lecture series into something you will remember
Create a playlist from the YouTube URL and let the cards be generated from the transcripts, rather than pausing the video every few minutes to write notes by hand.
02
Doing today's reviews
Pull what is due, answer each card, and let the scheduling adjust — the SM-2 interval moves on the strength of your answer rather than on a fixed timetable.
03
Fixing a card that is wrong or badly worded
Find the card, read it, and rewrite it in place — a generated card that misreads the transcript costs nothing to correct and everything to keep.
04
Finding what you already learned about something
Search the whole library by meaning rather than by keyword, which is what makes a card written three months ago findable when you no longer remember its wording.
05
Keeping a study library tidy
List the playlists with their progress, rename or reorganize the ones that drifted, and delete the cards and playlists that have stopped earning their place.
06
Adding your own cards alongside the generated ones
Write cards by hand into the same playlist — useful for the things a transcript never says out loud — and they enter the same review schedule.
18 tools
Listed in project docs. Your client may show a different list.
get_playlistcreate_playlistupdate_playlistdelete_playlistadd_video_by_urlget_video_cardsget_transcriptlist_cardsget_cardcreate_cardupdate_carddelete_cardsearch_cardsreview_due_cardsanswer_cardget_review_statsexport_deckBEFORE YOU INSTALL
What to know first
Tools you get
18 tools named in the project's documentation.
Requires
A client that can reach a remote MCP server over HTTP
Where it runs
All 5 documented clients connect to a hosted endpoint.
INSTALLATION
Connect your client
Add the endpoint to your client, then approve the OAuth consent screen.
Server setup
ENDPOINT URL
https://mcp.acornonaut.appMCP Clients
Continue, OpenClaw, Cursor
JSON
{
"mcpServers": {
"acornonaut": {
"url": "https://mcp.acornonaut.app"
}
}
}Cline
CLINE · JSON
{
"mcpServers": {
"acornonaut": {
"type": "streamableHttp",
"url": "https://mcp.acornonaut.app"
}
}
}Windsurf
WINDSURF · JSON
{
"mcpServers": {
"acornonaut": {
"serverUrl": "https://mcp.acornonaut.app"
}
}
}
