YouTube MCP Server
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| YOUTUBE_API_KEY | Yes | Your YouTube Data API key | |
| YOUTUBE_TRANSCRIPT_LANG | No | Default language for transcripts | en |
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 |
|---|---|
| videos_getVideo | Get detailed information about a YouTube video |
| videos_searchVideosC | Search for videos on YouTube |
| transcripts_getTranscript | Get the transcript of a YouTube video |
| channels_getChannel | Get information about a YouTube channel |
| channels_getChannels | Get information about multiple YouTube channels |
| channels_searchChannels | Search for YouTube channels by handle, name, or query |
| channels_findCreators | Find creator channels from video mentions with subscriber band and recent activity filters in one call |
| channels_listVideos | Get videos from a specific channel |
| playlists_getPlaylist | Get information about a YouTube playlist |
| playlists_getPlaylistItems | Get videos in a YouTube playlist |
Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No prompts | |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No resources | |
TDQS
Scored across 1 tool
With only one tool, there is no possibility of confusion or overlap between tools, so disambiguation is perfect.
The single tool name 'videos_searchVideos' mixes camelCase and an awkward verb_noun structure ('videos' as prefix then 'searchVideos'), showing internal inconsistency and lack of a clear pattern.
One tool is far too few for a YouTube MCP server, which typically requires multiple operations (search, video details, channel info, etc.), making the tool count extremely inadequate.
The tool only supports searching for videos, missing critical operations like retrieving video details, listing playlists, or managing subscriptions, leaving severe gaps in covering the YouTube domain.