YouTube MCP — tool skill for research & trends

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YouTube Data API over MCP: search, video and channel stats, transcripts.

• Type: Tool · Research & trends
• Slug: youtube-mcp
• Status: live
• Publisher: Zubeid Hendricks (community)
• License: MIT
• Source: https://github.com/ZubeidHendricks/youtube-mcp-server
• Works in: Claude Code, Claude.ai, Cursor, Any MCP client
• Requires: YouTube Data API key (free, 10k units/day)
• Adoption: 589 GitHub stars (GitHub, 2026-10-26)

What it does

An MCP server for the YouTube Data API v3. The agent can search videos, read view and like counts, compare a video with its channel to spot outliers, and pull transcripts. Pair it with the trend guide: chart=mostPopular per region is the official replacement for the removed Trending page.

Use when

• Find YouTube outliers in a niche
• Pull stats and transcripts for a list of videos
• Check what is most popular in a region

Install

• Any MCP client: npx -y @smithery/cli install @ZubeidHendricks/youtube --client claude

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