Connect VS Code to TubExperto
VS Code stops making up what the channels you follow said: it answers with what they actually explained, and shows you the video and the timestamp.
MCP connector URL
https://mcp.tubexperto.comYou need a TubExperto account. The free one is enough: no card required.
The install button carries no token: VS Code opens the TubExperto sign-in the first time it queries the server. If you prefer the token, it is inside the JSON block below.
The free plan already includes the MCP connector, with 1 active session and 7 questions per week. You can try the whole thing without paying.
Three steps and you are done
You set this up on your own machine, in VS Code's config file. Nothing to enable on the web or on mobile.
- 1
Click "Install in VS Code". Your browser asks for permission to open VS Code, and the editor asks you to confirm the server.
- 2
If nothing happens, VS Code is not installed on this machine: copy the block below and paste it into .vscode/mcp.json inside your project. Note that VS Code calls "servers" what Cursor calls "mcpServers".
- 3
Open the chat in agent mode, check that TubExperto shows up in the tool list and ask "What experts do I have on TubExperto?".
{
"servers": {
"tubexperto": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://mcp.tubexperto.com",
"headers": {
"Authorization": "Bearer mcpl_..."
}
}
}
}The button opens VS Code on your computer. If VS Code is not installed here, clicking it does nothing: use the copy button instead. For the Insiders build, swap "vscode:" for "vscode-insiders:" in the link.
Try it with these prompts
They work on the demo channels, which are free and already indexed. Copy one and paste it into your conversation.
Ask midudev and CodelyTV what they think about unit tests versus integration tests and tell me where they disagree.
What does CodelyTV recommend about dependency injection on a small project? Quote the videos.
Summarise what Dot CSV says about coding agents and which limits it sees in them.
According to midudev, what should I learn first if I am starting with TypeScript today?
Search my channels for anyone talking about monorepos and what the consensus is.
What it takes, no small print
On the TubExperto side
A free account. The MCP connector is included in every plan, the free one included.
On the client side
You need VS Code with agent mode chat available, and the editor installed on the machine you click the button from. The same block works for a whole project (.vscode/mcp.json) or for your user profile.
What is MCP?
MCP (Model Context Protocol) is the standard that lets an AI assistant query an external source. TubExperto Link is our MCP server: it gives your AI read access to the YouTube channels you indexed, quoting the video and the timestamp.
Prefer the long guide?
The full guide covers every client, token authentication, which tool belongs to which plan, and what to do when something breaks.