# youtube-mcp

> youtube-mcp — knowledge-forest-youtube-mcp. Use this tool when you need to extract clean transcripts or search and slice YouTube videos without API key requirements. It solves problems related to video content analysis, transcript extraction, and video slicing for AI agents. The tool takes YouTube video URLs as input and outputs clean transcripts and sliced video content.

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

## Description

Fast, minimal YouTube 'watch' engine for AI agents that extracts clean transcripts, searches, and slices any YouTube video without requiring an API key.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.69
- **Verification tier:** scanned
- **Last scanned:** 2026-08-30

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** social-media
- **Updated:** 2026-08-30

## Source

- **Source listing:** [Glama](https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/r4ri4057q3)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/brian-huanggg/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": "knowledge-forest-youtube-mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

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

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