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