# VidLens

> Use this tool when you need to analyze YouTube videos for information or integrate video data into AI applications. VidLens solves problems related to video search, transcript extraction, and metadata retrieval, providing a queryable database interface that accepts API keys or falls back to scraping. It outputs video transcripts, metadata, and AI-powered visual descriptions, making it ideal for use cases requiring video data analysis or enrichment.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/thatsrajan-vidlens  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/thatsrajan-vidlens

## Description

VidLens turns YouTube into a queryable database for AI agents, providing tools for video search, transcript extraction, metadata retrieval, and AI-powered visual descriptions. It supports optional YouTube Data API and Gemini API keys for enhanced functionality, with fallback scraping when keys are absent.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.87
- **Verification tier:** verified
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-28

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** database
- **Updated:** 2026-09-28

## Source

- **Source listing:** [PulseMCP](https://www.pulsemcp.com/servers/thatsrajan-vidlens)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/thatsrajan/vidlens-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": "thatsrajan-vidlens"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/thatsrajan-vidlens` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/thatsrajan-vidlens/pull`

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