# mcp-server-youtube

> Use this tool when you need to access YouTube data, such as searching videos, reading channels, or fetching comments, to enhance your AI assistant's capabilities. It solves problems related to video content retrieval, transcription, and analysis by providing a interface to the YouTube Data API v3 and InnerTube API. This tool is ideal for use cases requiring video data integration, such as content curation, research, or media monitoring.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/vaporif-mcp-server-youtube  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/vaporif-mcp-server-youtube

## Description

Enables AI assistants to search videos, read channels, browse playlists, fetch comments, and get transcripts from YouTube using the YouTube Data API v3 and InnerTube API for captions.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.97
- **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/l459t8wpuf)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/vaporif/mcp-server-youtube>

## 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": "vaporif-mcp-server-youtube"
    }
  }
}
```

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

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