authenticate — YouTube MCP Tool
authenticate
(authenticate) is one of 35 tools on the
YouTube
MCP server. Connect the server and your client discovers it on the handshake.
by client
How to call authenticate from your client
- Claude Code YouTube authenticate run in your project directory
- Claude Desktop YouTube authenticate ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
- Cursor YouTube authenticate ~/.cursor/mcp.json
- VS Code YouTube authenticate .vscode/mcp.json
- Zed YouTube authenticate ~/.config/zed/settings.json
- Windsurf YouTube authenticate ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json
- Cline YouTube authenticate ~/Library/Application Support/Code/User/globalStorage/saoudrizwan.claude-dev/settings/cline_mcp_settings.json
- Gemini CLI YouTube authenticate ~/.gemini/settings.json
- Grok YouTube authenticate .mcp.json (in your project root)
- ChatGPT YouTube authenticate Settings → Connectors → Advanced → Developer mode
- Claude.ai YouTube authenticate Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector
- LangChain YouTube authenticate pip install langchain-mcp-adapters
Fastest route
claude mcp add --transport http youtube-mcp https://api.mcp.ai/p_youtubeOther tools on this server
- youtube_home_feed
- youtube_trending
- youtube_search
- youtube_resolve_url
- youtube_download
- youtube_hype
- youtube_hashtag
- youtube_playlist
- youtube_comments
- youtube_video_related
- youtube_channel_home
- youtube_channel_about
- youtube_channel_videos
- youtube_channel_shorts
- youtube_channel_playlists
- youtube_channel_community
- youtube_channel_featured
- youtube_channel_store
- youtube_channel_search
- youtube_channel_videos_post
- youtube_channel_shorts_post
- youtube_api
- youtube_my_channels
- youtube_comment_threads
- youtube_comment_reply
- youtube_comment_post
- youtube_comment_update
- youtube_comment_moderate
- youtube_comment_delete
- show_version
- report_bug
- connect
- toolkit_info
- marketplace
This list was read from the server itself, by connecting to it and calling tools/list on 24 September 2026. It is what
the server actually exposes, not what its listing claims.
Mutating and Read-only are read off each tool's name, not its schema — a hint, not a guarantee. The registry stores tool names only; connect the server for its live schemas.