# youtube-mcp

> Use this tool when you need to access YouTube content without API restrictions, enabling AI agents to fetch transcripts, metadata, and download videos or audio for analysis, processing, or training purposes, with simple input of YouTube video URLs and output of relevant media and metadata. It solves problems of API key limitations and content accessibility, providing a straightforward interface for YouTube data retrieval. Ideal for use cases requiring large-scale YouTube data collection or processing.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/umbertotancorre-youtube-mcp-cli  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/umbertotancorre-youtube-mcp-cli

## Description

Enables AI agents to fetch transcripts, metadata, and download videos/audio from YouTube without API keys.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.91
- **Verification tier:** verified
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-28

## Facts

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

## Source

- **Source listing:** [Glama](https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/l3n5y4if8d)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/umbertotancorre/youtube-mcp-cli>

## 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": "umbertotancorre-youtube-mcp-cli"
    }
  }
}
```

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

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