YouTube MCP Server
Enables interaction with YouTube via MCP, including search, transcript retrieval, trending videos, and AI community discovery.
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YouTube MCP Server
MCP (Model Context Protocol) server to interact with YouTube: search videos, get transcripts, find trending content, and explore AI communities.
Features
- Search videos by keyword
- Get trending videos by region and category
- Fetch video transcripts/subtitles (no API key needed for transcripts)
- Get detailed video metadata
- Look up channel info and latest uploads
- Read video comments
- Discover and rank AI-focused communities by subscribers
Prerequisites
- YouTube Data API v3 key — get one at https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/credentials
- Enable the YouTube Data API v3 in your Google Cloud project
Quick Start
cp .env.example .env
# Edit .env with your YOUTUBE_API_KEY
pip install -r requirements.txt
python server.py
Tools
| Tool | Description | Arguments |
|---|---|---|
search_videos |
Search videos by keyword | query (string, required), max_results (int, default 10, max 50) |
get_trending_videos |
Trending in a region | region_code (string, default BR), category_id (string, optional) |
get_video_details |
Full video metadata | video_id (string, required) |
get_video_transcript |
Video transcript/subtitles | video_id (string, required), lang (string, default pt) |
get_channel_info |
Channel profile and stats | channel_id (string, required) |
get_channel_videos |
Latest videos from channel | channel_id (string, required), max_results (int, default 10) |
get_video_comments |
Comments sorted by relevance | video_id (string, required), max_results (int, default 20, max 100) |
search_ai_communities |
Find AI communities, sorted by subscribers | query (string, default 'artificial intelligence'), max_results (int, default 10) |
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{
"mcpServers": {
"youtube": {
"command": "python3",
"args": ["/caminho/para/youtube-mcp/server.py"],
"env": {
"YOUTUBE_API_KEY": "sua_chave"
}
}
}
}
How it works
Uses the YouTube Data API v3 for metadata, search, and comments, and youtube-transcript-api for subtitles (no extra auth needed).
Tests
python -m pytest . -v
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