# Channel Brains

> Channel Brains — pu11en-channel-brains. Use this tool when you need to search and retrieve specific parts of YouTube video transcripts without relying on API keys. It indexes public YouTube captions into a searchable database, solving problems related to content research and analysis. By providing a local database interface, it enables efficient timestamped search and transcript retrieval for various use cases.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/pu11en-channel-brains  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/pu11en-channel-brains

## Description

Local MCP server that indexes public YouTube captions into a searchable SQLite FTS5 database, enabling timestamped search and transcript retrieval without an API key.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.67
- **Verification tier:** scanned
- **Last scanned:** 2026-08-29

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** database
- **Updated:** 2026-08-29

## Source

- **Source listing:** [Glama](https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/bl5w2d35ol)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/Pu11en/channel-brains>

## 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": "pu11en-channel-brains"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/pu11en-channel-brains` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/pu11en-channel-brains/pull`

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