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tube-search-mcp

MCP server for Archivarix Tube Search — search archived YouTube videos via AI assistants.

Search over 1 billion YouTube videos indexed since 2005. Find deleted videos, metadata, thumbnails, and subtitles.

Quick Start

npx tube-search-mcp --api-key tsk_YOUR_KEY

Or with environment variable:

export TUBE_API_KEY=tsk_YOUR_KEY
npx tube-search-mcp

Get your API key at tube.archivarix.net (Profile → API Keys).

Related MCP server: YouTube Tools MCP Server

Configuration

Claude Desktop

Add to ~/.claude/claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tube-search": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "tube-search-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "TUBE_API_KEY": "tsk_YOUR_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

Add to ~/.claude/mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tube-search": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "tube-search-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "TUBE_API_KEY": "tsk_YOUR_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

Add to .vscode/mcp.json in your project:

{
  "servers": {
    "tube-search": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "tube-search-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "TUBE_API_KEY": "tsk_YOUR_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

Add to ~/.cursor/mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tube-search": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "tube-search-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "TUBE_API_KEY": "tsk_YOUR_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Available Tools

Tool

Description

search_channel

Find all archived videos from a YouTube channel

search_videos

Full-text search across video titles and descriptions

get_video

Get metadata for a specific video by ID

get_subtitles

Get transcript as readable plain text

get_summary

Get AI-generated video summary

generate_summary

Generate a new AI summary for a video

browse_summaries

Browse summaries by tag, channel, or language

get_video_status_history

View status change history of a video

get_usage

Check your current API usage and limits

Resources

URI

Description

tube://video/{videoId}

Video metadata

tube://channel/{channelId}

Channel info

tube://subtitles/{videoId}

Transcript as plain text

tube://summary/{videoId}

AI-generated summary

tube://tags

Popular summary tags

Prompts

Prompt

Description

research_video

Comprehensive video analysis workflow

channel_overview

Channel research and statistics

find_deleted

Discover and analyze deleted videos

Environment Variables

Variable

Description

Default

TUBE_API_KEY

API key (required)

—

TUBE_MCP_URL

Custom MCP endpoint

https://tube.archivarix.net/mcp

How It Works

This package acts as a stdio-to-HTTP proxy. It connects to the remote Archivarix Tube Search MCP server via Streamable HTTP and exposes the same tools, resources, and prompts over stdio transport for local AI clients.

AI Client ←(stdio)→ tube-search-mcp ←(HTTP)→ tube.archivarix.net/mcp

Documentation

Full documentation: tube.archivarix.net/guide/mcp

License

MIT

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