YouTube Research MCP
Citation-ready YouTube transcript research and optional channel intelligence for AI agents.
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What this server can do and what it asks for, from its tool list, install config and code. Checked Oct 25, 2026.
- Tools
- 14 read · 0 write · 0 deleteRead-only
- Secrets
- 1 (API keys, tokens or passwords)
- Install scripts
- None found
- Runs as
- Node.js package
Tools by what they do 14
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analyze-channel-videoscompare-videosenhanced-transcriptget-channel-statsget-key-momentsget-segmented-transcriptget-trending-videosget-video-categoriesget-video-commentsget-video-statsget-video-transcriptresearch-video
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Secrets and settings it asks for
Secrets: values you paste in that let it act as you.
YOUTUBE_API_KEY
Network hosts it talks to 3
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Tools (14)
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analyze-channel-videosread-only[Requires YOUTUBE_API_KEY] Analyze recent videos from a specific channel to identify performance trends
compare-videosread-only[Requires YOUTUBE_API_KEY] Compare statistics for multiple YouTube videos
enhanced-transcriptread-onlyAdvanced transcript extraction tool with filtering, search, and multi-video capabilities. Provides rich transcript data for detailed analysis and processing. This tool offers multiple advanced features: 1) Extract transcripts from multiple videos in one request; 2) Filter by time ranges to focus on specific parts; 3) Search for specific content within transcripts; 4) Segment transcripts for structural analysis; 5) Format output in different ways (raw, timestamped, merged text); 6) Include video metadata. Parameters: videoIds (required) - Array of YouTube video IDs (up to 5); language (optional…
get-channel-statsread-only[Requires YOUTUBE_API_KEY] Get statistical information for a specific YouTube channel (subscriber count, total views, video count, etc.)
get-key-momentsread-onlyExtract concise, timestamp-linked key moments from a video transcript without returning the full transcript. Useful for quickly navigating longer videos. Parameters: videoId (required) - A YouTube video ID or URL; maxMoments (optional) - Number of key moments to extract (default: 5, max: 10).
get-segmented-transcriptread-onlyDivide a video transcript into segments for easier analysis and navigation. This tool splits the video into equal time segments and extracts the transcript for each segment with proper timestamps. Ideal for analyzing the structure of longer videos or when you need to focus on specific parts of the content. Parameters: videoId (required) - The YouTube video ID; segmentCount (optional) - Number of segments to divide the video into (default: 4, max: 10). Returns a markdown-formatted text with each segment clearly labeled with time ranges and containing the relevant transcript text.
get-trending-videosread-only[Requires YOUTUBE_API_KEY] Retrieve trending videos by region and category. This helps analyze current popular content trends.
get-video-categoriesread-only[Requires YOUTUBE_API_KEY] Retrieve available video categories for a specific region
get-video-commentsread-only[Requires YOUTUBE_API_KEY] Retrieve comment threads for a YouTube video with explicit pagination and plain-text evidence. Use includeReplies for the provider-embedded reply subset, completeReplies for bounded comments.list pagination (100 replies/thread by default, maximum 1000). Each call allows at most 1000 replies, 20 reply requests and 1 MiB of reply JSON; inspect replyCoverage for incomplete or truncated results. Use maxRepliesPerThread for a per-thread cap, searchTerms for source-native comment filtering, and pageToken for the next top-level thread page.
get-video-statsread-only[Requires YOUTUBE_API_KEY] Get statistical information for a specific YouTube video (views, likes, comments, upload date, etc.)
get-video-transcriptread-onlyGet the transcript/captions for a YouTube video with optional language selection. This tool retrieves the full transcript of a video with timestamped captions. Each caption includes the text and its timestamp in the video. Parameters: videoId (required) - The YouTube video ID; language (optional) - Language code for the transcript (e.g., "en", "ko", "ja"). If not specified, the default language for the video will be used. Returns a text with each caption line preceded by its timestamp.
research-videoResearch a YouTube videoread-onlyExtract a citation-ready YouTube transcript without requiring a YouTube API key. Accepts a video ID or URL and returns timestamped source links that agents can cite and open directly.
research-videosCompare evidence across YouTube videosread-onlyRun the same focused transcript query across 2 to 5 YouTube videos and return timestamp-linked evidence for comparison. No YouTube API key is required.
search-videosread-only[Requires YOUTUBE_API_KEY] Search YouTube through the Data API with source-native filters and explicit pageToken continuation. Supports query, result bounds, channel, ordering, resource type, duration, publication window, caption availability, definition and region filters.
Signals
- Stars
- 27
- Forks
- 11
- Open issues
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- Weekly downloads
- 95
- Last commit
- Oct 11, 2026 (20 days ago)
- Last release
- Oct 11, 2026 (20 days ago)
- Last package publish
- Oct 11, 2026 (20 days ago)
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Details
- Registry name
io.github.coyaSONG/youtube-research- Version
- 2.0.0
- Auth
- API key
- Packages
- npm @coyasong/youtube-mcp-server
- License
- MIT
- Repository
- github.com/coyaSONG/youtube-mcp-server
- First seen
- Oct 24, 2026
- Last checked
- Oct 25, 2026
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YouTube Research MCP. Agent Mart. https://agentmart.dev/connectors/coyasong-youtube-research (last updated 2026-10-25)