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YouTube Data MCP Server
icraft2170/youtube-data-mcp-server
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server implementation utilizing the YouTube Data API. It allows AI language models to interact with YouTube content through a standardized interface.
Install
npx -y youtube-data-mcp-serverClient configuration
{
"mcpServers": {
"youtube": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"youtube-data-mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"YOUTUBE_API_KEY": "<YOUTUBE_API_KEY>",
"YOUTUBE_TRANSCRIPT_LANG": "<YOUTUBE_TRANSCRIPT_LANG>"
}
}
}
}Environment variables
YOUTUBE_API_KEYYOUTUBE_TRANSCRIPT_LANG- GitHub stars
- 16
- Author
- @icraft2170
- Category
- Research & Data, Entertainment & Media
- License
- MIT
- Updated
- Oct 6, 2026
Features
Retrieve detailed video information (title, description, duration, statistics)
Search for videos by keywords
Get related videos based on a specific video
Calculate and analyze video engagement ratios
Retrieve video captions with multi-language support
Specify language preferences for transcripts
Access time-stamped captions for precise content reference
View detailed channel statistics (subscribers, views, video count)
Get top-performing videos from a channel
Analyze channel growth and engagement metrics
Tools (9)
getVideoDetails
Get detailed information about multiple YouTube videos including metadata, statistics, and content details
searchVideos
Search for videos based on a query string
getTranscripts
Retrieve transcripts for multiple videos
getRelatedVideos
Get videos related to a specific video based on YouTube's recommendation algorithm
getChannelStatistics
Retrieve detailed metrics for multiple channels including subscriber count, view count, and video count
getChannelTopVideos
Get the most viewed videos from a specific channel
getVideoEngagementRatio
Calculate engagement metrics for multiple videos (views, likes, comments, and engagement ratio)
getTrendingVideos
Get currently popular videos by region and category
compareVideos
Compare statistics across multiple videos
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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