Get detailed information about multiple YouTube videos. Returns comprehensive data including video metadata, statistics, and content details. Use this when you need complete information about specific videos.

Universal search tool for YouTube content. Use this to find videos (default) or channels. To find a specific content creator, you MUST set type to 'channel'. Supports filtering by recency (e.g., 'pastWeek') and videoDuration. Returns videoId or channelId needed for other tools.

Retrieves specific, meaningful segments of a video's transcript. By default, it returns the intro 'hook' and the final 'outro' or call to action. It can also return the full transcript text. Use this to efficiently analyze a video's key messaging.

Retrieves comments for a video. Warning: Setting maxReplies > 0 significantly increases API cost. Only set maxReplies if you specifically need to analyze conversation threads. Defaults to top-level comments only.

Retrieves statistics for multiple channels. Returns detailed metrics including subscriber count, view count, video count, and channel creation date for each channel. Use this when you need to analyze the performance and reach of multiple YouTube channels.

Retrieves a channel's most popular videos. CRITICAL: Requires a valid channelId (starting with 'UC...'), NOT a channel handle or name. Use searchVideos (type='channel') first to find the channelId if you only have a name.

Retrieves trending videos based on region and category. Returns a list of videos that are currently popular in the specified region and category. Use this when you want to discover what's trending in specific areas or categories. To get available category IDs and their names, use the getVideoCategories tool first.

Retrieves available video categories for a specific region. Returns a list of YouTube video categories with their IDs and titles that can be used for filtering trending videos or other category-specific operations. Different regions may have different available categories.

A powerful, high-cost discovery tool. It finds emerging channels that show consistent, high-performance relative to their size within a specific topic and timeframe.