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 14 days ago. It has 566 GitHub stars.

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

566 7.9k/wk 10 tools GitHub npm

No known CVEs

MIT license

Actively maintained

Last commit 14d 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 86/100 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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~1.9k tokens total

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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 14 days ago. It has 566 GitHub stars.

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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.

Test This Server

Run this in your terminal to verify the server starts. Then let us know if it worked — your result helps other developers.

npx -y '@smithery/cli' 2>&1 | head -1 && echo "✓ Server started successfully"

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README

YouTube MCP Server

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

Website: zubeidhendricks.github.io/youtube-mcp-server

Available Tools

The server currently exposes 10 MCP tools.

Tool	Description	Required Parameters	Optional Parameters
`videos_getVideo`	Get detailed information about a YouTube video	`videoId`	`parts`
`videos_searchVideos`	Search for videos on YouTube	`query`	`maxResults`, `order`, `publishedAfter`, `publishedBefore`, `channelId`, `uniqueChannels`, `channelMinSubscribers`, `channelMaxSubscribers`, `channelLastUploadAfter`, `channelLastUploadBefore`, `creatorOnly`, `sortBy`
`transcripts_getTranscript`	Get the transcript of a YouTube video	`videoId`	`language`
`channels_getChannel`	Get information about a YouTube channel	`channelId`	None
`channels_getChannels`	Get information about multiple YouTube channels	`channelIds`	`parts`, `includeLatestUpload`
`channels_searchChannels`	Search for YouTube channels by handle, name, or query	`query`	`maxResults`, `order`, `channelType`, `minSubscribers`, `maxSubscribers`, `lastUploadAfter`, `lastUploadBefore`, `creatorOnly`, `sortBy`
`channels_findCreators`	Find creator channels from video mentions with channel-size and activity filters	`query`	`maxResults`, `order`, `videoPublishedAfter`, `videoPublishedBefore`, `channelMinSubscribers`, `channelMaxSubscribers`, `channelLastUploadAfter`, `channelLastUploadBefore`, `creatorOnly`, `sortBy`, `sampleVideosPerChannel`
`channels_listVideos`	Get videos from a specific channel	`channelId`	`maxResults`
`playlists_getPlaylist`	Get information about a YouTube playlist	`playlistId`	None
`playlists_getPlaylistItems`	Get videos in a YouTube playlist	`playlistId`	`maxResults`

Tool Parameters

`videos_getVideo`

videoId (string): The YouTube video ID.
parts (string[], optional): Specific video resource parts to retrieve.

`videos_searchVideos`

query (string): Search query.
maxResults (number, optional): Maximum number of results to return.
order (string, optional): Result ordering such as relevance or date.
publishedAfter (string, optional): Only include videos published after this ISO 8601 date.
publishedBefore (string, optional): Only include videos published before this ISO 8601 date.
channelId (string, optional): Restrict results to a specific channel.
uniqueChannels (boolean, optional): Return only one video per unique channel.
channelMinSubscribers / channelMaxSubscribers (number, optional): Filter matched videos by the subscriber band of their channel.
channelLastUploadAfter / channelLastUploadBefore (string, optional): Filter matched videos by the latest upload activity of their channel.
creatorOnly (boolean, optional): Restrict results to channels heuristically classified as creators.
sortBy (string, optional): Supports relevance, subscribers_asc, subscribers_desc, indie_priority, and recent_activity.

`transcripts_getTranscript`

videoId (string): The YouTube video ID.
language (string, optional): Transcript language code. Falls back to YOUTUBE_TRANSCRIPT_LANG or en.

`channels_getChannel`

`channelId

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Why this score

Five weighted categories — click any category to see the underlying evidence.

Score breakdown

86/100across 5 weighted dimensions

How we score →

0255075100

−14

Security

Maintenance

Efficiency

Documentation

Compatibility

Categoriesclick a row to see evidence

Security

OSV.dev

No known CVEs.

Checked @smithery/cli against OSV.dev.

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Tools (10)

Click any tool to inspect its schema.

~1.9k tokens total

Community

Reviews

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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 14 days ago. It has 566 GitHub stars.