Unlike standard API wrappers that flood your LLM with redundant data, this server strips away YouTube's heavy payload bloat. It is designed to save you massive amounts of context window tokens, protect your daily API…
YouTube Data source profile. From the maintainer documentation: “Unlike standard API wrappers that flood your LLM with redundant data, this server strips away YouTube's heavy payload bloat. It is designed to save you massive amounts of context window tokens, protect your daily API quotas via caching, and run reliably without breaking your workflows.”
The documented npm package is @kirbah/mcp-youtube. The configuration below comes from the maintainer’s example; adapt its paths and account values to your environment.
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Check the linked publisher documentation and your connected client's tool list. Names and availability can vary with the server version and account permissions.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| getVideoDetails | Retrieves detailed, lean information for multiple YouTube videos including metadata, statistics, engagement ratios, and content details. |
| searchVideos | Searches for videos or channels based on a query string with various filtering options, returning concise results. |
| getTranscripts | Retrieves token-efficient transcripts (captions) for multiple videos, with options for full text or key segments (intro/outro). |
| getChannelStatistics | Retrieves lean statistics for multiple channels (subscriber count, view count, video count, creation date). |
| getChannelTopVideos | Retrieves a list of a channel's top-performing videos with lean details and engagement ratios. |
| getTrendingVideos | Retrieves a list of trending videos for a given region and optional category, with lean details and engagement ratios. |
| getVideoCategories | Retrieves available YouTube video categories (ID and title) for a specific region, providing essential data only. |
| getVideoComments | Retrieves comments for a YouTube video. Allows sorting, limiting results, and fetching a small number of replies per comment. |
| findConsistentOutlierChannels | Identifies channels that consistently perform as outliers within a specific niche. Requires a MongoDB connection. |
{
"mcpServers": {
"youtube": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@kirbah/mcp-youtube"
]
}
}
}From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.
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