# YouTube MCP Server

> Use this tool when you need to browse and search YouTube content, retrieve video metadata, or fetch video transcripts for analysis. It solves problems related to video content discovery, metadata extraction, and transcript-based summarization. The tool takes search queries and video IDs as inputs and outputs relevant video information, metadata, and transcripts via the YouTube Data API v3 interface.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/anirudhyadavms-youtube-mcp  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/anirudhyadavms-youtube-mcp

## Description

Enables YouTube content browsing, video searching, and metadata retrieval via the YouTube Data API v3. It also facilitates fetching video transcripts for summarization and analysis within MCP-compatible AI clients.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.97
- **Verification tier:** verified
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-28

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** social-media
- **Updated:** 2026-09-28

## Source

- **Source listing:** [Glama](https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/wiqlp3p5bv)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/anirudhyadavMS/youtube_mcp>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "anirudhyadavms-youtube-mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/anirudhyadavms-youtube-mcp` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/anirudhyadavms-youtube-mcp/pull`

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