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by pipeworx-io · TypeScript

YouTube MCP — wraps the YouTube Data API v3 (BYO API key)

YouTube MCP Server (io.github.pipeworx-io/youtube)

This MCP server wraps the YouTube Data API v3 and operates with a BYO API key. It exposes 35 tools for YouTube content retrieval, including searching and fetching detailed metadata for videos and channels. It is part of Pipeworx, an MCP gateway connecting AI agents to live data sources.

🛠️ Key Features

  • Wraps YouTube Data API v3 with BYO API key
  • Provides 35 tools
  • Tools include: yt_search, yt_video_details, yt_channel_details
  • yt_search returns snippet info: title, description, channel, thumbnails, publish date

🚀 Use Cases

  • Search YouTube for videos, channels, or playlists
  • Retrieve metadata for one or more videos (title, description, channel, duration, and counts)
  • Fetch detailed information for a YouTube channel

⚡ Developer Benefits

  • Structured tool outputs for search snippets and video details
  • Access to tags for yt_video_details
  • Consistent tool naming aligned to YouTube entities (videos, channels, playlists)

⚠️ Limitations

  • Requires a user-provided YouTube Data API v3 key (BYO API key)

Topics

mcpmcp-servermodel-context-protocolpipeworxyoutube

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