connect — YouTube MCP Tool
connect
(connect) 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 connect from your client
- Claude Code YouTube connect run in your project directory
- Claude Desktop YouTube connect ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
- Cursor YouTube connect ~/.cursor/mcp.json
- VS Code YouTube connect .vscode/mcp.json
- Zed YouTube connect ~/.config/zed/settings.json
- Windsurf YouTube connect ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json
- Cline YouTube connect ~/Library/Application Support/Code/User/globalStorage/saoudrizwan.claude-dev/settings/cline_mcp_settings.json
- Gemini CLI YouTube connect ~/.gemini/settings.json
- Grok YouTube connect .mcp.json (in your project root)
- ChatGPT YouTube connect Settings → Connectors → Advanced → Developer mode
- Claude.ai YouTube connect Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector
- LangChain YouTube connect 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
- toolkit_info
- marketplace
- authenticate
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.