YouTube Research MCP
by isha-batool
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| PORT | No | Port for the Streamable HTTP transport. Defaults to 3000. | 3000 |
| CORS_ORIGIN | No | Comma-separated allowlist of exact http:// or https:// origins allowed for browser requests. Origins are denied by default. | |
| MAX_SESSIONS | No | Maximum number of MCP sessions to keep in memory. | |
| YOUTUBE_API_KEY | No | Optional YouTube Data API v3 key. When set, switches from transcript-only to full mode, enabling search, comments, video/channel statistics, trends, and comparisons. | |
| MCP_BEARER_TOKEN | No | Bearer token for securing remote MCP requests. Required for remote deployments; optional for localhost. | |
| SESSION_IDLE_TIMEOUT_MS | No | Idle timeout in milliseconds for MCP sessions; idle sessions are removed automatically. |
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
Server capabilities have not been inspected yet.
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
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No tools | |
Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
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No prompts | |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
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No resources | |
This server cannot be deployed
Maintenance
ActivityMaintained
ResponsivenessNo issues