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Research & Data · Entertainment & Media
YouTube MCP Server
coyaSONG/youtube-mcp-server
Turn YouTube videos into citation-ready research for Codex, Claude, Cursor, and other MCP clients. Paste a video URL and get transcript evidence with timestamps and links that open at the exact quoted moment.
Install
npx -y @coyasong/youtube-mcp-server@latestClient configuration
{
"mcpServers": {
"server": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@coyasong/youtube-mcp-server@latest"
]
}
}
}Environment variables
LIVE_TEST_VIDEOYOUTUBE_API_KEYMCP_BEARER_TOKENCORS_ORIGINMAX_SESSIONSSESSION_IDLE_TIMEOUT_MSYOUTUBE_MCP_TOKEN- GitHub stars
- 2
- Author
- @coyaSONG
- Category
- Research & Data, Entertainment & Media
- License
- MIT
- Updated
- Oct 6, 2026
Tools (20)
video
a YouTube URL or 11-character video ID
contextLines
surrounding segments to retain, from 0 to 5
matchMode
word (default) or substring
startSeconds
endSeconds: optional time window
offset
result offset for pagination
maxSegments
response cap from 1 to 1,000 (default: 200)
research-video
Get citation-ready transcript evidence from a URL or video ID without an API key
research-videos
Compare timestamp-linked evidence across 2–5 videos without an API key
search-videos
Search for YouTube videos with advanced filtering options
get-video-comments
Get comments for a specific video
get-video-transcript
Get transcript for a specific video with optional language
enhanced-transcript
Advanced transcript extraction with filtering, search, and multi-video capabilities
get-key-moments
Extract key moments with timestamps from a video transcript for easier navigation
get-segmented-transcript
Divide a video transcript into segments for easier analysis
get-video-stats
Get statistical information for a specific video
get-channel-stats
Get subscriber count, view count, and other channel statistics
compare-videos
Compare statistics across multiple videos
get-trending-videos
Retrieve trending videos by region and category
get-video-categories
Get available video categories for a specific region
analyze-channel-videos
Analyze performance trends of videos from a specific channel
Details on this page are taken from the project's README. Open README
Supported clients
Clients mentioned in this server's README:
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