# YouTube MCP Server

> Use this tool when you need to analyze or understand YouTube video content, as it enables large language models (LLMs) to fetch transcripts, summarize videos, and answer questions based on the video context, providing valuable insights and information. It solves problems such as video content analysis, question answering, and summarization, making it ideal for applications like video research, education, and entertainment. The tool takes video URLs or IDs as input and outputs transcripts, summaries, and answers to user-defined questions.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/tharun-varshan-s-youtube-mcp  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/tharun-varshan-s-youtube-mcp

## Description

Enables LLMs to interact with YouTube videos by fetching transcripts, summarizing content, and answering questions based on video context.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.68
- **Verification tier:** scanned
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-03

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** social-media
- **Updated:** 2026-09-03

## Source

- **Source listing:** [Glama](https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/i34sb9wfya)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/Tharun-Varshan-S/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": "tharun-varshan-s-youtube-mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

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

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