youtube-mcp
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| YOUTUBE_API_KEY | No | Your YouTube Data API v3 key, required for video info, comments, and channel info tools. |
Instructions
Guidance the server publishes about itself, which clients place ahead of the tool catalog so the model reads it before choosing anything.
This server publishes no instructions, or was last inspected before Glama recorded them.
Capabilities
Features and capabilities supported by this server
Protocol revision2025-11-25
| Capability | Details |
|---|---|
| tools | {} |
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| get_transcriptA | Fetches the transcript (subtitles) of a YouTube video with timestamps. No API key required. |
| get_video_infoA | Fetches metadata for a YouTube video: title, description, duration, views, likes, tags, etc. Requires YouTube API key. |
| summarize_transcriptA | Splits the YouTube video transcript into chunks and creates timestamped chapters. No API key required. |
| search_in_transcriptA | Searches for a word or phrase within a YouTube video transcript. Returns matching segments with timestamps and YouTube URL links. No API key required. |
| get_commentsA | Fetches the most popular comments of a YouTube video. Requires YouTube API key. |
| get_channel_infoA | Fetches YouTube channel details: name, subscriber count, total videos, total views, etc. You can provide a channel ID or a video URL. Requires YouTube API key. |
Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No prompts | |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No resources | |
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