# YouTube Data

> Use this tool when you need to analyze video content, retrieve transcripts, or track channel performance on YouTube. It solves problems related to content research, video analysis, and trend identification by providing access to video metadata, captions, and engagement metrics. The tool takes API keys and search queries as inputs and outputs detailed video information, transcripts, and channel statistics, making it ideal for use cases that require in-depth YouTube data analysis.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/icraft2170-youtube-data  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/icraft2170-youtube-data

## Description

YouTube MCP Server provides a robust interface to the YouTube Data API, enabling AI assistants to retrieve and analyze video content, transcripts, channel statistics, and engagement metrics. Built with TypeScript and Node.js, it offers tools for searching videos, accessing captions with multi-language support, analyzing channel growth, and discovering trending content across different regions and categories. The implementation handles pagination for large result sets, provides detailed error handling, and includes environment variable configuration for API keys, making it particularly valuable for content research, video analysis, and trend identification workflows without leaving the conversation interface.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 1.00
- **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:** [PulseMCP](https://www.pulsemcp.com/servers/icraft2170-youtube-data)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/icraft2170/youtube-data-mcp-server>

## 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": "icraft2170-youtube-data"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/icraft2170-youtube-data` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/icraft2170-youtube-data/pull`

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