# MCP YouTube Extract

> Use this tool when you need to extract YouTube video information without requiring an API key. It solves problems related to video metadata and transcript retrieval, providing outputs such as title, description, channel, views, and transcripts from input YouTube video URLs. Ideal for use cases where API key setup is impractical or unnecessary, such as one-time data extraction or small-scale projects.

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

## Description

Enables extraction of YouTube video information including metadata (title, description, channel, views) and transcripts without requiring an API key, using yt-info-extract and yt-ts-extract libraries.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.60
- **Verification tier:** unverified

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** social-media
- **Updated:** 2026-05-03

## Source

- **Source listing:** [Glama](https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/ch2cspuu38)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/sinjab/mcp_youtube_extract>

## 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": "sinjab-mcp-youtube-extract"
    }
  }
}
```

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

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