mcp-youtube
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| YOUTUBE_API_KEY | Yes | Your YouTube Data API v3 key (required) | |
| MDB_MCP_CONNECTION_STRING | No | MongoDB connection string for caching API responses and storing analysis data (optional, but recommended for better performance) |
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 | {
"listChanged": true
} |
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| getVideoDetailsA | 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. |
| searchVideosA | Universal search tool for YouTube content. Use this to find videos (default) or channels. To find a specific content creator, you MUST set |
| getTranscriptsA | 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. |
| getVideoCommentsA | Retrieves comments for a video. Warning: Setting |
| getChannelStatisticsA | 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. |
| getChannelTopVideosA | Retrieves a channel's most popular videos. CRITICAL: Requires a valid |
| getTrendingVideosA | 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. |
| getVideoCategoriesA | 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. |
| findConsistentOutlierChannelsA | 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. |
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 9 tools
Most tools have clearly distinct purposes, but getChannelTopVideos and getTrendingVideos could be confused as both return popular videos; however, descriptions clarify the channel-specific vs. regional/category context. The remaining tools are well-separated by resource and action.
All tool names follow a consistent camelCase verb_noun pattern (get, search, find). The naming style is uniform and predictable, making it easy to infer the function of each tool.
Nine tools is well-scoped for a YouTube analysis server, covering search, video details, channel stats, transcripts, comments, trending, categories, and a discovery feature. Each tool serves a distinct purpose without unnecessary bloat.
The surface covers core read-only YouTube operations including search, video metadata, channel statistics, transcripts, comments, trending, and categories. Minor gaps exist, such as playlist support or a direct 'list channel videos' operation, but the main analytics workflows are well covered.