@striderlabs/mcp-youtube
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| YOUTUBE_EMAIL | Yes | Your Google email address for YouTube | |
| YOUTUBE_HEADLESS | No | Set to 'false' to see the browser | true |
| YOUTUBE_PASSWORD | Yes | Your Google password for YouTube |
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 |
|---|---|
| search_videosB | Search for videos on YouTube by query. Returns video titles, channels, views, and URLs. |
| get_video_detailsA | Get detailed information about a specific YouTube video including description, likes, comments. |
| get_channel_infoC | Get information about a YouTube channel including subscriber count and recent videos. |
| list_playlistsA | List playlists for the authenticated user or a specific channel. |
| get_playlist_videosB | Get all videos in a specific playlist. |
| subscribe_channelA | Subscribe to a YouTube channel. |
| get_subscriptionsA | List channels the authenticated user is subscribed to. |
| get_watch_historyB | Get the authenticated user's watch history. |
| like_videoC | Like a YouTube video. |
| add_to_playlistB | Add a video to a 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 10 tools
Each tool targets a distinct resource-action pair: videos, channels, playlists, subscriptions, watch history, and likes are cleanly separated. Even the read operations are unambiguous because they operate on different objects.
All tool names follow a consistent snake_case verb_noun pattern, such as search_videos, get_channel_info, subscribe_channel, and add_to_playlist. There are no mixed conventions or vague verbs.
Ten tools is well within the ideal 3–15 range and appropriately scopes YouTube search, channel browsing, playlist access, subscriptions, watch history, and engagement actions without being bloated.
Core browsing/search workflows are covered, but the action set has lifecycle gaps: there is no create_playlist or remove_from_playlist even though add_to_playlist exists, and no unsubscribe or unlike counterparts to subscribe_channel and like_video. Upload and comment operations are absent, leaving some user-action workflows with dead ends.