Youtube MCP Server

Name: Youtube MCP Server
Author: ZubeidHendricks

@smithery/cli · by ZubeidHendricks

MCP Server for YouTube API, enabling video management, Shorts creation, and advanced analytics

565 7.8k/wk 10 tools GitHub npm

No known CVEs

MIT license

Actively maintained

Last commit 18d ago

Works with most clients

Transport: stdio, http

10 tools · ~1.9k tok

Grade C · 0.9% of 200K ctx

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Youtube MCP Server is an MCP server that MCP Server for YouTube API, enabling video management, Shorts creation, and advanced analytics. Its tool list has not been published yet over stdio and http, requires no API key, and scores 84/100 on MCPpedia's security, maintenance and efficiency rubric.

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Step 1

Install in your client

Config is the same across clients — only the file and path differ.

Supported in Claude Desktopstdio, http · Node 18+

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "zubeid-youtube-mcp-server": {
      "env": {
        "YOUTUBE_API_KEY": "your_primary_youtube_api_key",
        "YOUTUBE_API_KEY2": "your_secondary_youtube_api_key",
        "YOUTUBE_API_KEY3": "your_tertiary_youtube_api_key"
      },
      "command": "zubeid-youtube-mcp-server"
    }
  }
}

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What Youtube Mcp Server does

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server implementation for YouTube, enabling AI language models to interact with YouTube content through a standardized interface.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Youtube Mcp Server safe to use?: Youtube Mcp Server has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments. Licensed under MIT.
How do I install Youtube Mcp Server?: Youtube Mcp Server supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.
What can Youtube Mcp Server do?: Youtube Mcp Server provides 10 tools: videos_getVideo, videos_searchVideos, transcripts_getTranscript, channels_getChannel, channels_getChannels and 5 more. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.
What AI clients work with Youtube Mcp Server?: Youtube Mcp Server is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and http transport.
Is Youtube Mcp Server actively maintained?: Youtube Mcp Server is actively maintained — last commit was 18 days ago. It has 565 GitHub stars.

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{ "mcpServers": { "zubeid-youtube-mcp-server": { "env": { "YOUTUBE_API_KEY": "your_primary_youtube_api_key", "YOUTUBE_API_KEY2": "your_secondary_youtube_api_key", "YOUTUBE_API_KEY3": "your_tertiary_youtube_api_key" }, "command": "zubeid-youtube-mcp-server" } } }

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Youtube Mcp Server safe to use?

Youtube Mcp Server has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments. Licensed under MIT.

How do I install Youtube Mcp Server?

Youtube Mcp Server supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.

What can Youtube Mcp Server do?

Youtube Mcp Server provides 10 tools: videos_getVideo, videos_searchVideos, transcripts_getTranscript, channels_getChannel, channels_getChannels and 5 more. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.

What AI clients work with Youtube Mcp Server?

Youtube Mcp Server is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and http transport.

Is Youtube Mcp Server actively maintained?

Youtube Mcp Server is actively maintained — last commit was 18 days ago. It has 565 GitHub stars.