YouTube Research MCP Server

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YouTube Research MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 222 installs a week from npm. Last commit 27 Oct 2026.

Citation-ready YouTube transcript research and optional channel intelligence for AI agents.

Installs per day peak 264 · avg 30 · +134% w/w

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222

Installs / week

npm · @coyasong/youtube-mcp-server

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0 open issues

27 Oct 2026

Last commit

1 release in 90 days

MIT

License

TypeScript

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check YouTube Research MCP every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

Connect this server

This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add youtube-research -- npx -y @coyasong/youtube-mcp-server

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "youtube-research": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@coyasong/youtube-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.youtube-research]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@coyasong/youtube-mcp-server"]

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "youtube-research": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@coyasong/youtube-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "youtube-research": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@coyasong/youtube-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above: YOUTUBE_API_KEY (Optional YouTube Data API v3 key for search, comments, metadata, and statistics).

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YouTube Research MCP — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for YouTube Research MCP?

YouTube Research MCP runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the npm package @coyasong/youtube-mcp-server was installed 222 times last week.

How do I connect YouTube Research MCP?

Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls @coyasong/youtube-mcp-server straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

How many people use YouTube Research MCP?

The npm package @coyasong/youtube-mcp-server was installed 222 times in the last week. Week over week that is +134%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.

Is YouTube Research MCP open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript and 27 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.