YouTube Scraper

Search YouTube and return high-quality video links using yt-dlp CLI. Free, no API key, no quotas.

Token cost rule: Always use --flat-playlist and --print with format strings. Never dump raw JSON into context without jq filtering.

Quick Setup

pip install yt-dlp
yt-dlp --version

For detailed installation options, see references/setup-guide.md.

Search Strategy — Finding Quality Over Noise