Youtube (verified)
YouTube is a video-sharing platform with user-generated content, live streaming, and monetization opportunities, widely used for marketing, education, and entertainment
Quick Start
# Connect this server (installs CLI if needed)
npx -y smithery mcp add youtube
# Browse available tools
npx -y smithery tool list youtube
# Get full schema for a tool
npx -y smithery tool get youtube YOUTUBE_GET_CHANNEL_ACTIVITIES
# Call a tool
npx -y smithery tool call youtube YOUTUBE_GET_CHANNEL_ACTIVITIES '{}'Direct MCP Connection
Endpoint: https://youtube.run.tools
Tools (16)
YOUTUBE_GET_CHANNEL_ACTIVITIES— Gets recent activities from a YouTube channel including video uploads, playlist additions, likes, and other channel eve…YOUTUBE_GET_CHANNEL_ID_BY_HANDLE— Retrieves the YouTube Channel ID for a specific YouTube channel handle.YOUTUBE_GET_CHANNEL_STATISTICS— Gets detailed statistics for YouTube channels including subscriber counts, view counts, and video counts.YOUTUBE_GET_VIDEO_DETAILS_BATCH— Retrieves multiple YouTube video resource parts in a single batch call. Use when you need cohort-level metrics for many…YOUTUBE_LIST_CAPTION_TRACK— Retrieves a list of caption tracks for a YouTube video, returning an empty list if no captions exist or failing if the …YOUTUBE_LIST_CHANNEL_VIDEOS— Lists videos from a specified YouTube channel, ensuring results are oftype: 'video'.YOUTUBE_LIST_PLAYLIST_ITEMS— Tool to list videos in a playlist, with pagination support. Use when walking through a channel's uploads playlist to en…YOUTUBE_LIST_USER_PLAYLISTS— Retrieves playlists owned by the authenticated user, implicitly using mine=True.YOUTUBE_LIST_USER_SUBSCRIPTIONS— Retrieves the authenticated user's YouTube channel subscriptions, allowing specification of response parts and paginati…YOUTUBE_LOAD_CAPTIONS— Downloads a specific YouTube caption track, which must be owned by the authenticated user, and returns its content as t…YOUTUBE_SEARCH_YOU_TUBE— Searches YouTube for videos, channels, or playlists using a query term, returning the raw API response.YOUTUBE_SUBSCRIBE_CHANNEL— Subscribes the authenticated user to a specified YouTube channel, identified by its uniquechannelIdwhich must be va…YOUTUBE_UPDATE_THUMBNAIL— Sets the custom thumbnail for a YouTube video using an image from thumbnailUrl; the authenticated user must have permis…YOUTUBE_UPDATE_VIDEO— Updates metadata for a YouTube video identified by videoId, which must exist; an empty list for tags removes all existi…YOUTUBE_UPLOAD_VIDEO— Uploads a video from a local file path to a YouTube channel; the video file must be in a YouTube-supported format.YOUTUBE_VIDEO_DETAILS— Retrieves specified information parts (e.g., snippet, contentDetails, statistics) for a YouTube video, identified by it…
# Get full input/output schema for a tool
npx -y smithery tool get youtube