Which integrations are available for this server?

Enables extraction of video transcripts in multiple languages, keyword-based video search with metadata retrieval (views, likes, thumbnails), and channel information discovery including subscriber counts and recent uploads.

YouTube Insights MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that enables insight extraction from YouTube videos, including subtitle parsing, keyword-based video discovery, and channel info retrieval.

Features

Extract transcripts from YouTube videos (multi-language)
Search videos by keyword and fetch metadata (views, likes, thumbnails, etc.)
Retrieve channel info and latest videos from any YouTube video URL
FastMCP-based server integration for easy deployment
MCP Tools for seamless agent workflows

Example usecases

Installation

Installing via Smithery

To install youtubeinsights-mcp-server for Claude Desktop automatically via Smithery:

npx -y @smithery/cli install @dabidstudio/youtubeinsights-mcp-server --client claude

Using uvx (recommended)

When using uvx, no specific installation is needed.

Add the following configuration to your MCP settings file (e.g., claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop):

{ "mcpServers": { "youtubeinsights": { "command": "uvx", "args": ["youtubeinsights-mcp-server"], "env": { "YOUTUBE_API_KEY": "your-api-key", } } } }

Development Installation

Clone this repository
Copy .env.example to .env and fill in your youtube data api credentials
{ "mcpServers": { "youtubeinsights": { "command": "uv", "args": [ "--directory", "path/to/youtubeinsights-mcp-server", "run", "youtubeinsights-mcp-server" ], "env": { "YOUTUBE_API_KEY": "your-api-key", } } } }

Available MCP Tools

get_youtube_transcript: Extract full transcript (subtitles) from a YouTube video URL (supports ko, en)
search_youtube_videos: Search for videos on YouTube by keyword and retrieve key metadata
get_channel_info: Get channel metadata and recent uploads based on any YouTube video URL