YouTubeAPI.io MCP Server
Official Registry ID: io.youtubeapi/mcp-server (v1.0.1). Streamable HTTP MCP: https://api.youtubeapi.io/mcp + one-click Claude Web OAuth 2.1 connector: https://mcp.youtubeapi.io/v1/mcp. Extract timestamped YouTube transcripts, chapters, channel stats, and comments in <400ms with $1+ Free Instant API Credits.
How to connect
Same URL, five paste targets. Ready surface · Unreachable. Not a safe-to-install badge. Handshake this URL
Paste into Settings → MCP or .cursor/mcp.json.
{
"mcpServers": {
"youtubeapi-mcp-server": {
"url": "https://youtubeapi.io/docs/youtube-transcript?utm_source=influzer&utm_medium=mcp&utm_campaign=youtubeapi"
}
}
}
Paste into .vscode/mcp.json.
{
"mcpServers": {
"youtubeapi-mcp-server": {
"url": "https://youtubeapi.io/docs/youtube-transcript?utm_source=influzer&utm_medium=mcp&utm_campaign=youtubeapi"
}
}
}
Settings → Connectors → Add → Custom → Web. Paste the URL. Enable in a new chat.
Claude → Settings → Connectors → Add → Custom → Web
Name: YouTubeAPI.io MCP Server
URL: https://youtubeapi.io/docs/youtube-transcript?utm_source=influzer&utm_medium=mcp&utm_campaign=youtubeapi
OAuth only if this server requires it.
Save, start a new chat, enable the connector.
Developer mode custom connector. ChatGPT cannot reach localhost.
Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced → Developer mode ON
Create custom connector
Name: YouTubeAPI.io MCP Server
MCP server URL: https://youtubeapi.io/docs/youtube-transcript?utm_source=influzer&utm_medium=mcp&utm_campaign=youtubeapi
Auth: none unless the server requires OAuth
New chat → + → Developer mode → enable the connector
Register the HTTPS URL, then claude mcp list.
claude mcp add --transport http youtubeapi-mcp-server \
https://youtubeapi.io/docs/youtube-transcript?utm_source=influzer&utm_medium=mcp&utm_campaign=youtubeapi
Pass on session/new as mcpServers when the agent advertised HTTP MCP.
[
{
"type": "http",
"name": "youtubeapi-mcp-server",
"url": "https://youtubeapi.io/docs/youtube-transcript?utm_source=influzer&utm_medium=mcp&utm_campaign=youtubeapi"
}
]
Paste into a README or docs site. The widget loads snippets from Influzer — still not a SAFE badge.
Same handshake clock as this listing (overlay / warm / seed; live tools/list only if that is missing). Indigo is live_ok, amber is auth_required, gray is unreachable. Not a SAFE badge. Stdio listings have no badge.
[](https://www.influzer.ai/mcp/probe?url=https%3A%2F%2Fyoutubeapi.io%2Fdocs%2Fyoutube-transcript%3Futm_source%3Dinfluzer%26utm_medium%3Dmcp%26utm_campaign%3Dyoutubeapi)
<div data-influzer-install="youtubeapi-mcp-server"></div>
<script async src="https://www.influzer.ai/embed/install.js"></script>
https://www.influzer.ai/embed/mcp/youtubeapi-mcp-server.md
JSON: https://www.influzer.ai/api/v1/install/youtubeapi-mcp-server
Recipes using this server
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Listing quality
Observable facts from our catalog and daily probe — not a safe-to-install badge.
- Surface
- Ready surface
- Auth gate
- Auth unknown
- Tools source
- tools/list (live)
Observable catalog + probe facts — not a safe-to-install badge. How we verify.
Verification summary
Stored signals only. Not a safety score.
- Verification grade
- C (50)
- Last verified
- Status
- Unreachable
- Response time
- 106 ms
- Auth
- Auth unknown
- Transport
- http, HTTPS
- Tools indexed
- 4
Probe history
- · unreachable · 106 ms
- · unreachable · 83 ms
- · unreachable · 105 ms
Tools
(4)-
get_video_transcript: Extract timestamped YouTube captions & transcriptsNo description provided.
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get_video_details: Fetch YouTube video metadata, chapters & engagement statsNo description provided.
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search_youtube: Search YouTube videos & channels in real timeNo description provided.
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get_video_comments: Retrieve YouTube comment threadsNo description provided.
Tool source: tools/list (live) · last probed 2026-11-10