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. 101 installs a week from npm. Last commit 17 Jul 2026.

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

Installs per day peak 35 · avg 17 · +22% w/w

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101

Installs / week

npm · @coyasong/youtube-mcp-server

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0 open issues

17 Jul 2026

Last commit

0 releases in 90 days

MIT

License

JavaScript

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

~/.codex/config.toml

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

.cursor/mcp.json

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

.vscode/mcp.json

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

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: YOUTUBE_API_KEY (Optional YouTube Data API v3 key for search, comments, metadata, and statistics.). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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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 101 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 with the file path 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 101 times in the last week. Week over week that is +22%. 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 JavaScript and 20 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.