vsmutok/ytscrape

Start the ytscrape-mcp stdio MCP server and list its tools (initialize, notifications/initialized, tools/list), which returned search_videos, get_video, get_channel, get_channel_videos, get_comments, get_transcript, list_transcripts.

cd <host-path> && ls -la && cat README* | head -200
cd <host-path> && ls .github/workflows 2>/dev/null; cat pyproject.toml 2>/dev/null | head -60; echo CDP=$CDP_URL $<env-var>
cd <host-path> && grep -n -i "^#" README.md | head -60; python3 --version; python3 -m venv --help >/dev/null 2>&1 && echo venv_ok || echo venv_missing
cd <host-path> && python3 -m venv /tmp/ytvenv && /tmp/ytvenv/bin/pip install -q --upgrade pip && /tmp/ytvenv/bin/pip install -q -e ".[mcp]" 2>&1 | tail -20; echo rc=$?; ls -la /tmp/ytvenv/bin | grep ytscrape
rm -rf /tmp/ytvenv && (sudo apt-get update -qq && sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y -qq python3.12-venv) >/tmp/apt.log 2>&1; echo apt_rc=$?; tail -3 /tmp/apt.log; cd <host-path> && python3 -m venv /tmp/ytvenv && /tmp/ytvenv/bin/pip install -q --upgrade pip && /tmp/ytvenv/bin/pip install -q ".[mcp]" 2>&1 | tail -20; echo pip_rc=${PIPESTATUS[0]}; ls /tmp/ytvenv/bin | grep ytscrape
mkdir -p /tmp/mcpcheck && cat > /tmp/mcpcheck/list_tools.py <<'EOF'
import json, subprocess, sys
p = subprocess.Popen(["/tmp/ytvenv/bin/ytscrape-mcp"], stdin=subprocess.PIPE, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, text=True)
def send(msg):
    p.stdin.write(json.dumps(msg) + "\n"); p.stdin.flush()
send({"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"initialize","params":{"protocolVersion":"2025-06-18","capabilities":{},"clientInfo":{"name":"smoke","version":"0"}}})
print(p.stdout.readline().strip()[:300])
send({"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"notifications/initialized"})
send({"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/list"})
resp = json.loads(p.stdout.readline())
print([t["name"] for t in resp["result"]["tools"]])
p.stdin.close(); p.wait(timeout=10)
EOF
timeout 60 /tmp/ytvenv/bin/python -I /tmp/mcpcheck/list_tools.py; echo rc=$?
cd <host-path> && ls -la .coldpass 2>/dev/null; mkdir -p .coldpass && cat > .coldpass/probe.json <<'EOF'
{"kind":"mcp","argv":["/tmp/ytvenv/bin/ytscrape-mcp"],"cwd":"<host-path>"}
EOF
cat > .coldpass/report.json <<'EOF'
{"outcome":"working","operation":"Start the ytscrape-mcp stdio MCP server and list its tools (initialize, notifications/initialized, tools/list), which returned search_videos, get_video, get_channel, get_channel_videos, get_comments, get_transcript, list_transcripts.","operation_scope":"Verified MCP start and tools/list only. Did not call any tool, so no live YouTube requests were made. Not run: unit tests, lint, pre-commit, docs build, and the CDP browser (not needed for this package).","steps":["Read README.md (MCP server and Installation sections)","apt-get install -y python3.12-venv","python3 -m venv /tmp/ytvenv","pip install --upgrade pip (in /tmp/ytvenv)","pip install \".[mcp]\" (non-editable, from <host-path>)","/tmp/ytvenv/bin/ytscrape-mcp started over stdio; tools/list returned 7 tools"],"deviations":["python3 -m venv failed: ensurepip not available (python3.12-venv missing). Ran apt-get install -y python3.12-venv, then recreated the venv.","Used a non-editable pip install instead of -e so no egg-info/build output is written into the workspace."],"stuck_step":null,"main_blocker":null,"suggested_fix":null}
EOF
<env-var>=<host-path> python3 -I <host-path> --validate; echo rc=$?