Model Context Protocol · AI Agent Integration

Give Claude & Cursor live YouTube intelligence.

Expose real-time YouTube video transcripts, metadata, keyword searches, channel feeds, and comment threads directly to Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf, or custom LangChain / LlamaIndex agents.

1. Add to claude_desktop_config.json or .cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "youtubeapi": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@youtubeapi/mcp-server"],
      "env": {
        "YOUTUBEAPI_KEY": "yt_live_your_api_key_here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Need an API key? Sign up for 2,000 free Credits and copy your yt_live_... key from the dashboard.

No-Code Alternative

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Run our pre-built YouTube scrapers in the browser on Apify and export video transcripts, channel feeds, and comments directly to CSV, Excel, JSON, or Google Sheets.

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Included MCP Tools

youtube_transcriptGET /v1/youtube/transcript
Extract timed subtitle segments (offset_ms, duration_ms) and full plain-text transcript for any YouTube video or Short.
youtube_video_infoGET /v1/youtube/video
Fetch full video metadata, view count, like count, duration, chapters, keywords, and channel info.
youtube_searchGET /v1/youtube/search
Search YouTube videos or Shorts by keyword, sorted by relevance, upload date, view count, or rating.
youtube_commentsGET /v1/youtube/comments
Extract up to 100 top or newest video comments with like counts, author handles, and continuation pagination.
youtube_channelGET /v1/youtube/channel
Resolve any @handle (e.g. @MrBeast) or UC... channel ID into subscriber count, video count, bio, and avatar.
youtube_channel_videosGET /v1/youtube/channel/videos
Paginate through a YouTube channel's uploaded videos sorted by newest, popular, or oldest.