YouTube Data API
This MCP server provides AI assistants with direct access to YouTube's Data API v3 and transcript extraction capabilities, featuring 14 specialized tools for video analysis, channel management, playlist operations, and content discovery. Built with Python using FastMCP and httpx, it supports comprehensive video metadata retrieval, engagement analysis with calculated metrics like like rates and comment rates, trending video discovery by region, advanced search with multiple sorting options, and automatic transcript extraction using the youtube-transcript-api library. The implementation includes intelligent URL parsing for various YouTube formats, robust error handling with quota management, and engagement benchmarking against industry averages, making it valuable for content research workflows, social media analysis, educational content curation, and building AI assistants that need programmatic access to YouTube's full data ecosystem without manual platform navigation.
Composite of vulnerability cleanliness, spec conformance, provenance, stability, and usage signals — scanned and weighted by Cognium. Human and agent signals are tracked separately. Last scanned 2026-09-02.
Scan details: Circle-IR · 2026-09-02 · Appeal
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- Version
- 1.0.0
- Skill type
- atomic
- Execution layer
- mcp-remote
- Category
- social-media
- Source
- PulseMCP
- Repository
- github.com/dannysubsense/youtube-mcp-server
- Author type
- human
- Last scanned
- 2026-09-02
- Updated
- 2026-09-02
Use via MCP
Resolve YouTube Data API from your agent
Streamable HTTP transport at https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp. No auth for read tools. Discovery: .well-known/mcp.json.
One command in your shell — Claude Code wires it up and verifies the connection. Run /mcp in any session to confirm.
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp--scope user for --scope project to commit it to .mcp.json.