yutu：自动化 YouTube 工作流的 CLI、MCP Server 与 AI Agent

yutu is a CLI, MCP server, and AI Agent to automate YouTube workflows — from uploading and optimizing videos to managing comments, playlists, and channel branding — and provides a skill for AI Agents, so you can get more views, higher click-through rates, and stronger audience engagement with less manual effort. 中文文档

Prerequisites

An account on Google Cloud Platform is required. Set up the following:

Create a GCP Project and enable these APIs under APIs & Services -> Enable APIs and services:
- YouTube Data API v3 (Required)
- YouTube Analytics API (Optional)
- YouTube Reporting API (Optional)

Create OAuth credentials:

Go to APIs & Services -> OAuth consent screen, create a consent screen with yourself as a test user
Go to Credentials -> Create Credentials -> OAuth Client ID, select Desktop app
Download the credential file and save it as client_secret.json, it should look like

{
  "installed": {
    "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"]
  }
}

Authenticate:

yutu auth --credential client_secret.json

A browser window will open for you to grant YouTube access. After granting permission, a token is saved to youtube.token.json.

{
  "access_token": "ya29.XXXXXXXXX",
  "token_type": "Bearer",
  "refresh_token": "1//XXXXXXXXXX",
  "expiry": "2024-05-26T18:49:56.1911165+08:00",
  "expires_in": 3599
}

By default, yutu will read client_secret.json and youtube.token.json from the current directory, --credential/-c and --cacheToken/-t flags are available only in auth subcommand. To modify the default path in all subcommands, set these environment variables.

Global Environment Variables

Variable	Description	Default
`YUTU_CREDENTIAL`	Path, Base64, or JSON of OAuth client secret	`client_secret.json`
`YUTU_CACHE_TOKEN`	Path, Base64, or JSON of cached OAuth token	`youtube.token.json`
`YUTU_ROOT`	Root directory for file resolution	Current working directory
`YUTU_LOG_LEVEL`	Log level: `DEBUG`, `INFO`, `WARN`, `ERROR`	`INFO`

Installation

If you're using an AI Agent, copy and paste the following prompt to finish the installation:

Install and configure yutu by following https://raw.githubusercontent.com/eat-pray-ai/yutu/main/internal/tools/skillgen/setup.md

You can download yutu from releases page directly, or use the following methods as you prefer.

GitHub Actions

There are two actions available for yutu, one is for general purpose and the other is for uploading video to YouTube. Refer to youtube-action and youtube-uploader for more information.

Node.js

❯ npm i -g @eat-pray-ai/yutu

Docker

# GitHub Container Registry (GHCR)
❯ docker pull ghcr.io/eat-pray-ai/yutu:latest
# or Docker Hub
❯ docker pull eatprayai/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

Gopher

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

Linux

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

macOS

Install yutu using Homebrew🍺(recommended), or run the shell script.

❯ brew install yutu

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

Windows

❯ winget install yutu

Verifying Installation

Verify the integrity and provenance of yutu using its associated cryptographically signed attestations.

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

Agent

yutu provides an Agent mode (Miffy) to automate YouTube workflows. The Agent can retrieve, create, update, and delete YouTube content, with built-in YouTube growth strategy and SEO expertise.

# Gemini(compatible) (default)
❯ yutu agent --provider google --model gemini-3.8-flash --api-key "YOUR_KEY"
❯ yutu agent --provider google --model gemini-3.8-flash --api-key "YOUR_KEY" --base-url "https://custom.endpoint.com/"
# OpenAI(compatible) (OpenAI, DeepSeek, Ollama, vLLM, etc.)
❯ yutu agent --provider openai --model gpt-5.6-terra --api-key "YOUR_KEY"
❯ yutu agent --provider openai --model deepseek-flash --api-key "YOUR_KEY" --base-url "https://api.deepseek.com/"
# web mode with sub-launchers
❯ yutu agent --args "web api a2a webui" --api-key "YOUR_KEY"
# show available launcher args
❯ yutu agent --args ""

Agent Flags

Flag	Description	Default
`-a, --args`	Launcher arguments as a single string	`console`
`-p, --provider`	LLM provider: `google` for Gemini(compatible), `openai` for OpenAI(compatible)	`google`
`-m, --model`	Model name	`gemini-3.8-flash`
`--api-key`	API key for the model provider
`--base-url`	Base URL for the model provider's API endpoint
`-i, --instruction`	Override the built-in Agent instruction	INSTRUCTION.md

MCP Server

Before using yutu as an MCP server, make sure yutu is installed(see Installation section), and you have a valid client_secret.json and youtube.token.json files(refer to Prerequisites section).

Setup yutu MCP for one or more selected AI Agents:

❯ yutu mcp setup --agents claude,opencode,pi,codex \
  --credential /absolute/path/to/client_secret.json \
  --cacheToken /absolute/path/to/youtube.token.json

--agents is required. Credential/token flags accept Path/Base64/JSON; omitted flags use the corresponding environment variable or default file path. Relative paths are converted to absolute paths. Prefer file paths to avoid copying inline secrets into Agent settings.

Skills

yutu provides a unified skill that extends AI Agents with YouTube domain knowledge, common workflows, and SEO best practices — covering videos, playlists, comments, channels, captions, subscriptions, and more.

❯ npx skills add eat-pray-ai/yutu --skill youtube

See skills/youtube/SKILL.md for the full list of supported operations.

Usage

❯ yutu
yutu is a CLI, MCP server, and AI Agent that automates your YouTube workflows from the terminal or any AI Agent.

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:
  abuseReport            Manage YouTube abuse reports
  activity               Manage YouTube activities
  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
  liveBroadcast          Manage YouTube live broadcasts
  liveChatBan            Manage YouTube live chat bans
  liveChatMessage        Manage YouTube live chat messages
  liveChatModerator      Manage YouTube live chat moderators
  liveStream             Manage YouTube live streams
  mcp                    Start MCP server
  member                 Manage YouTube channel members
  membershipsLevel       Manage YouTube membership 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
  thirdPartyLink         Manage YouTube third-party links
  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.

Features

Please refer to FEATURES.md for more information.

Sponsor

If yutu saves you time, a ⭐ star on GitHub goes a long way and helps others discover the project.

You can also support its development with a donation (Alipay / WeChat) at yutu.ifor.dev. Thank you! 💖

Contributing

Please refer to CONTRIBUTING.md for more information.