# YouTube Data Server

> Use this tool when you need to access structured YouTube data to enhance your LLM applications, providing efficient video search, metadata retrieval, and trend discovery. It solves problems of token consumption and data formatting, offering AI-tailored outputs to improve performance. With inputs of search queries and video identifiers, it outputs optimized data formats for seamless integration into LLM workflows.

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

## Description

Provide token-optimized, structured YouTube data to enhance your LLM applications. Access efficient tools for video search, detailed metadata retrieval, transcript fetching, channel analysis, and trend discovery. Reduce token consumption and improve performance with AI-tailored data formats.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.50
- **Verification tier:** unverified

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** container
- **Runtime environment:** vm
- **Category:** social-media
- **Updated:** 2026-09-02

## Source

- **Source listing:** [Smithery](https://smithery.ai/server/kirbah/mcp-youtube)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/kirbah/mcp-youtube#readme>

## 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": "kirbah-mcp-youtube"
    }
  }
}
```

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

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