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YouTube Channel and Video List Scraper MCP Server

YouTube Channel and Video List Scraper MCP Server

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YouTube Channel and Video List Scraper MCP Server

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An MCP server for the Mamba Labs YouTube Channel and Video List Scraper actor on Apify. Scrape public YouTube channels, playlists, and search lists as flat rows.

What's Inside

Related MCP server: mcp-server-youtube

What it does

Give YouTube channels, playlists, or search terms. You get a row per video, with title, rounded views, relative date, and length, a row per channel with subscribers, total views, and links, and a free report per source that says whether its list was read to the end.

All of the work runs on Apify. This package is a thin client that starts the actor run, waits for it, and hands back the dataset rows.

Quick start

You need Node.js 18 or newer and an Apify account with an API token.

Add this to your Claude Desktop config (claude_desktop_config.json), Cursor, or any MCP client:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mamba-youtube-video-channel-scraper": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@mambalabsdev/mcp-youtube-video-channel-scraper"
      ],
      "env": {
        "APIFY_TOKEN": "your-apify-token"
      }
    }
  }
}

Restart the client. The scrape_youtube_videos_channels tool appears.

Prerequisites

Example prompts

  • "List the last 20 videos from the NASA channel with their views."

  • "Search YouTube for home espresso and give me the top 10 videos."

  • "How many subscribers does Veritasium have, and what links does the channel publish?"

Tool

scrape_youtube_videos_channels. One tool. Example arguments:

{
  "urls": [
    "https://www.youtube.com/@NASA"
  ],
  "max_videos_per_source": 5
}

Inputs

Every buyer facing input of the actor. Omitted inputs take the actor's own defaults.

Input

Type

Required

Description

urls

array

no

Channel, @handle, playlist, or search result addresses, or a bare channel ID or @handle. Up to 200 sources a run, counted with search terms. A single video address returns one free row: this actor does not open video pages. Clay users: wrap a column in a one item list.

search_terms

array

no

Terms to search on YouTube. Each term returns videos in YouTube's order, for a logged out US visitor. Clay users: wrap a column in a one item list.

max_videos_per_source

number

no

Per channel, playlist, or search term. Default 30, maximum 5000. Set 0 on a channel to get only its channel row.

include_channel_row

boolean

no

yes (default) adds one row per channel source with subscribers, total views, video count, joined date, country, and links. no skips it.

channel_tab

string

no

Which channel list to read: videos (default), shorts, or streams.

max_charge_usd

string

no

Optional. The run stops before a charge that would pass this amount. Reports are always delivered.

Pricing

Pay per event on Apify, billed to your Apify account. Prices in USD.

Event

Free plan

Bronze

Silver

Gold

video-row, one video from a list: title, rounded views, relative date, and length

$0.0012

$0.00114

$0.00108

$0.00102

channel-row, one channel

$0.001

$0.00095

$0.0009

$0.00085

apify-actor-start, per run start

$0.0025

$0.0025

$0.0025

$0.0025

Source reports, refused pages, and refused input are free. Mamba Labs pays the platform costs of the run, Apify proxy traffic included.

Full actor documentation

apify.com/mambalabs/youtube-video-channel-scraper

License

MIT. See LICENSE.

Available Tools

1 tool
scrape_youtube_videos_channelsScrape YouTube videos and channelsA
Read-onlyIdempotent

Scrape public YouTube channels, playlists, and search results: one row per video with title, rounded views, relative date, and length, and a row per channel with subscribers, total views, and links. It does not open single video pages. No YouTube login.

Inputs: urls, channel_tab, search_terms, max_charge_usd, +2 more.

Tool Schema Changelog

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    TDQS

    A4.1/5.0

    Scored across 1 tool

    Disambiguation5/5

    With only one tool there is nothing to confuse it with, and its stated scope (channels, playlists, search results) is explicit about what it does and does not cover (single video pages).

    Naming Consistency4/5

    The single tool uses a clear snake_case verb_noun pattern (scrape_youtube_videos_channels), though the name stacks two resource types awkwardly and a simpler name like scrape_youtube would read better.

    Tool Count3/5

    A single tool is thin for a domain that spans channels, playlists, search, and videos; a couple of focused tools would let an agent target the right resource rather than relying on one catch-all scraper.

    Completeness3/5

    The description explicitly excludes single video pages, leaving a notable gap in the YouTube scraping surface, and there is no stated control over pagination, sorting, or output limits.

    Maintenance

    ActivityMaintained
    ResponsivenessNo recent community issues

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