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YTAPI

by dev.ytapi

YouTube transcripts, video details, search, channels and playlists. OAuth sign-in or API key.

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Add this server

The publisher's own URL. Not a PlugMCP endpoint.

Server URL
https://api.ytapi.dev/mcp
Provider
Add in Claude

Claude opens with the name and URL filled in. You still confirm it there.

Claude Code
claude mcp add --transport http dev.ytapi-youtube https://api.ytapi.dev/mcp

Run in a terminal.

Claude Desktop
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dev.ytapi-youtube": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://api.ytapi.dev/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

claude_desktop_config.json

Step-by-step: add this in Claude

Remote URL or a command on your machine? How the two installs differ

Run on PlugMCP

Host a copy with our keys and logs.

A new server you create. It is not this listing's official endpoint. Use the publisher install when you want their URL and their credentials.

Launch

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Questions

How do I install YTAPI?
Copy the http config for Cursor, Claude Desktop, Claude Code, or VS Code on this page. It uses the publisher's install, not a PlugMCP proxy.
Does YTAPI need an API key?
No required environment variable is listed on this record.
What transport does YTAPI use?
YTAPI is reached over HTTP.
When was YTAPI last checked?
Last checked 2026-10-16. YouTube transcripts, video details, search, channels and playlists. OAuth sign-in or API key.

YouTube transcripts, video details, search, channels and playlists. OAuth sign-in or API key.

YouTube skills for AI agents

Agent skills for YouTube transcripts, search, channels and playlists, powered by YTAPI. They work with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenClaw, Hermes Agent and any agent that reads Agent Skills.

Plain HTTPS calls with curl, nothing else to install. They also work where fetching YouTube directly fails: on servers and cloud agents, tools like yt-dlp often get HTTP 429, a bot check or an IP block.

Install

Claude plugin: the YTAPI MCP server plus skills for video summaries, channel digests, topic research and channel analysis. In Claude Code:

/plugin marketplace add ytapi/youtube-skills
/plugin install ytapi@ytapi

The first time Claude uses a YTAPI tool, run /mcp and sign in to your YTAPI account (or create one: 200 free credits, no card). No API key needed. The plugin lives in plugins/ytapi.

Cursor: add the YTAPI MCP server in Cursor Settings β†’ MCP, or put this in ~/.cursor/mcp.json (or .cursor/mcp.json in a project):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ytapi": { "url": "https://api.ytapi.dev/mcp" }
  }
}

Cursor asks you to sign in to your YTAPI account the first time. This repo is also a Cursor plugin: .cursor-plugin/plugin.json and .mcp.json at the root, plus the skills below.

Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Cline and others (skills.sh):

npx skills add ytapi/youtube-skills

One skill only:

npx skills add ytapi/youtube-skills --skill ytapi-youtube-transcript

OpenClaw (ClawHub):

npx clawhub@latest install ytapi

Hermes Agent:

hermes skills install skills-sh/ytapi/youtube-skills/skills/ytapi

Not a developer? Paste this to your agent:

Install the YouTube skill from https://github.com/ytapi/youtube-skills and set up my YTAPI key.

Skills

SkillWhat it does
ytapiEverything below in one skill: transcripts, video details, comments, most replayed moments, search, channels, playlists, batches
ytapi-youtube-transcriptTranscripts and subtitles: text, Markdown, timestamped JSON, SRT, VTT, any language
ytapi-youtube-searchSearch videos, channels, playlists and Shorts, then read the results
ytapi-youtube-channelsChannel profiles, latest uploads, all videos, playlists
ytapi-youtube-summarizeSummaries and notes of a video or a channel's new uploads, with timestamped links
ytapi-youtube-channel-analysisCompetitor research: breakouts, how a channel grew, why a video went viral, and a playbook skill to reuse

Install ytapi if you are unsure.

API key

The skills read the key from YTAPI_API_KEY. If it is not set, the agent offers to create a free account for you: you give it your email address and the 6-digit code we send you, and it stores the key. No browser and no card. Or create a key yourself at ytapi.dev.

New accounts get 200 free credits. One successful request uses one credit (video basic info and search suggestions are free); failed requests are free. Until you buy a credit pack, a key can make 1 request per second and 100 per day. Packs start at $9 for 2,000 credits and never expire: pricing.

Examples

  • "Summarize this video: https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ"
  • "Get the Spanish subtitles of this talk as an SRT file."
  • "Find this week's most-viewed videos about Rust async and tell me what they cover."
  • "What has @mkbhd uploaded lately? Give me a two-line summary of each."
  • "List every video in this playlist with its length."
  • "Why did @channel's latest video do so well? Turn what works into a playbook for my channel."

Links

  • Docs: https://docs.ytapi.dev (for agents: https://docs.ytapi.dev/llms-full.txt)
  • Remote MCP server: https://docs.ytapi.dev/agent-setup/#mcp
  • Agent sign-up API: https://docs.ytapi.dev/agent-signup/
  • Support: [email protected]

Contributing

Each skill carries a copy of shared/auth-setup.md in its references/ folder, because skills are installed one at a time. Edit the file in shared/, then run ./scripts/sync-references.sh.

The Claude plugin in plugins/ytapi has its own skills, which use the MCP tools and never handle an API key. When you change them, bump version in plugins/ytapi/.claude-plugin/plugin.json: Claude Code keeps plugin users on the version listed there.

Licensed MIT-0.

How do I install YTAPI?
Copy the http config for Cursor, Claude Desktop, Claude Code, or VS Code on this page. It uses the publisher's install, not a PlugMCP proxy.
Does YTAPI need an API key?
No required environment variable is listed on this record.
What transport does YTAPI use?
YTAPI is reached over HTTP.
When was YTAPI last checked?
Last checked 2026-10-16. YouTube transcripts, video details, search, channels and playlists. OAuth sign-in or API key.

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