Schema | YouTube MCP Server

YouTube MCP Server

Describes the environment variables required to run the server.

Name	Required	Description	Default
`YOUTUBE_API_KEY`	Yes	Your YouTube Data API v3 key, obtained from the Google Cloud Console.

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.

Features and capabilities supported by this server

Protocol revision2025-11-25

Capability	Details
`tools`	{}

Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions

Name	Description
search_youtubeB	Search YouTube for videos by keyword. Returns video metadata including title, channel, views, and thumbnails.
get_video_detailsB	Get comprehensive metadata about a specific YouTube video including title, description, duration, views, likes, tags, and thumbnails.
get_video_transcriptB	Fetch the transcript/captions for a YouTube video. Returns the full text with timestamps. Useful for video summarization and content analysis.
get_channel_infoC	Get detailed information about a YouTube channel including subscriber count, video count, view count, and optionally recent videos.
get_channel_videosB	List videos from a specific YouTube channel. Returns video metadata sorted by date, view count, or title.
get_playlist_infoA	Get information about a YouTube playlist including title, description, video count, and channel details.
get_playlist_videosA	List all videos in a YouTube playlist with their metadata and position in the playlist.

Interactive templates invoked by user choice

Name	Description
No prompts

Contextual data attached and managed by the client

Name	Description
No resources

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