dinglebear-ai/rytdl

Start the ytdl-rmcp MCP server over stdio via the README's npx launcher and list its tools (tools/list); returns 8 youtube_* tools.

cd <host-path> && ls -la && cat README.md 2>/dev/null | head -300
ls -la <host-path> 2>/dev/null; echo "CDP=$CDP_URL $<env-var>"; which node npm python3 pip3 uv 2>&1; cat /etc/os-release | head -2
cd <host-path> && sed -n '/^## Install/,/^## Client Configuration/p' README.md; sed -n '/^## Development/,/^## Deployment/p' README.md | head -120
export NODE_USE_ENV_PROXY=1; which node npm npx cargo; node -v 2>&1; npm -v 2>&1; ls /tmp; cd /tmp && timeout 600 npm view @dinglebear/rytdl version 2>&1 | tail -3
(sudo apt-get update -qq && sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y -qq nodejs npm) > /tmp/apt.log 2>&1; echo rc=$?; tail -3 /tmp/apt.log; which node npm; node -v; npm -v
export NODE_USE_ENV_PROXY=1; cd /tmp && timeout 900 npm i -g @dinglebear/rytdl > /tmp/npm-i.log 2>&1; echo rc=$?; tail -15 /tmp/npm-i.log; which rytdl ytdl-rmcp; npm root -g
export NODE_USE_ENV_PROXY=1; cd /tmp && timeout 900 npx -y @dinglebear/rytdl doctor > /tmp/doctor.log 2>&1; echo rc=$?; cat /tmp/doctor.log | head -60
export NODE_USE_ENV_PROXY=1; cd /tmp && printf '%s\n' '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"initialize","params":{"protocolVersion":"2025-06-18","capabilities":{},"clientInfo":{"name":"smoke","version":"0"}}}' '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"notifications/initialized"}' '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/list"}' | timeout 300 /usr/bin/npx -y @dinglebear/rytdl 2>/tmp/mcp.err | head -c 3000; echo; echo rc=$?; head -5 /tmp/mcp.err
mkdir -p <host-path> && cd <host-path> && cat > probe.json <<'EOF'
{"kind":"mcp","argv":["/usr/bin/npx","-y","@dinglebear/rytdl"],"cwd":"/tmp"}
EOF
cat > report.json <<'EOF'
{"outcome":"working","operation":"Start the ytdl-rmcp MCP server over stdio via the README's npx launcher and list its tools (tools/list); returns 8 youtube_* tools.","operation_scope":"Covers MCP stdio start, initialize, and tools/list. Does not exercise yt-dlp search/download: yt-dlp and ffmpeg auto-download on first use, and download needs YTDLP_TARGET_PATH configured for a trusted destination. No credentials needed for the read-only tools.","steps":["Read README (Install, Quickstart, Development, CLI Reference)","sudo apt-get install -y nodejs npm (node was absent; Node 18.19.1, npm 9.2.0)","npm i -g @dinglebear/rytdl (failed: EACCES on /usr/local/lib/node_modules; not retried)","NODE_USE_ENV_PROXY=1 npx -y @dinglebear/rytdl doctor (rc=0, version 1.1.0 e0ad4fc, linux x86_64)","printf initialize + notifications/initialized + tools/list | /usr/bin/npx -y @dinglebear/rytdl (rc=0, serverInfo ytdl-rmcp 1.1.0, tools listed)"],"deviations":["npm global install (README Install: npm i -g @dinglebear/rytdl) failed with EACCES because the global prefix is root-owned; used the README's npx path instead, which needs no global install.","node/npm were not preinstalled; installed via apt-get.","Did not run the interactive 'setup' command (it prompts for targets and registers agent CLIs); doctor and MCP start were used instead.","Did not run cargo build, cargo test, clippy, or the packaging/readme checks (smoke scope excludes unit/lint suites)."],"stuck_step":null,"main_blocker":null,"suggested_fix":null}
EOF
python3 -I -m json.tool probe.json >/dev/null && python3 -I -m json.tool report.json >/dev/null && echo json-ok; cd <host-path> && <env-var>=<host-path> python3 -I <host-path> --validate; echo rc=$?