# YouTube Player

> Use this tool when you need to search and play YouTube videos directly in your browser, solving content discovery and curation challenges. It takes in search queries and video IDs as inputs, and outputs playable video results with metadata, supporting use cases like music discovery and educational content curation. Ideal for workflows requiring easy access to YouTube content, such as entertainment and research tasks.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/hitendrapal3-youtube-player  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/hitendrapal3-youtube-player

## Description

Enables searching YouTube videos via the Data API v3 and playing results in the default browser. Provides two core tools: searchVideos for finding videos by query with metadata including titles, channels, and thumbnails, and playPlaylist for opening videos as browser playlists. Creates temporary playlists for multiple videos, supporting music discovery, educational content curation, and entertainment workflows.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 1.00
- **Verification tier:** verified
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-19

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** browser-automation
- **Updated:** 2026-09-19

## Source

- **Source listing:** [PulseMCP](https://www.pulsemcp.com/servers/hitendrapal3-youtube-player)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/hitendrapal3/youtubemcp>

## 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": "hitendrapal3-youtube-player"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/hitendrapal3-youtube-player` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/hitendrapal3-youtube-player/pull`

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