# youtube-research

> Use this tool when you need to integrate YouTube data into your applications, enabling video search, metadata retrieval, and transcript fetching to solve problems such as content research, media analysis, and trend identification. It accepts search queries, video IDs, and channel names as inputs and returns relevant video information, transcripts, and metadata as outputs. Ideal for use cases requiring YouTube data analysis, content curation, or media monitoring.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/plaguedoctor39-youtube-research  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/plaguedoctor39-youtube-research

## Description

Enables YouTube integration with Claude Code, including video search, metadata retrieval, transcript fetching, channel exploration, and trending videos.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.67
- **Verification tier:** scanned
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-01

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** social-media
- **Updated:** 2026-09-01

## Source

- **Source listing:** [Glama](https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/fqvo9nrjv2)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/plaguedoctor39/youtube-research>

## 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": "plaguedoctor39-youtube-research"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/plaguedoctor39-youtube-research` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/plaguedoctor39-youtube-research/pull`

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