ShortsMonkey YouTube Outlier Research MCP Server

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ShortsMonkey YouTube Outlier Research is answering right now. Last checked 15 min ago.

Find YouTube outliers, daily viral Shorts, and analyze video performance.

Uptime history 47 days of history · worst day 0%

47 days agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

91 of 91 checks

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Tools

hidden behind auth

638 ms

Response time

average over 24h

authentication required

Access

streamable-http

ShortsMonkey YouTube Outlier Research missed one check this week

Everything else answered, so this is steady rather than shaky. We check every 15 minutes, which is how a one-off gets told apart from the start of a pattern, and how you hear about the next one within the hour instead of from your users.

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 15 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add shortsmonkey-youtube-outlier-research --transport http https://mcp.shortsmonkey.com/mcp

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "shortsmonkey-youtube-outlier-research": {
      "url": "https://mcp.shortsmonkey.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.shortsmonkey-youtube-outlier-research]
url = "https://mcp.shortsmonkey.com/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "shortsmonkey-youtube-outlier-research": {
      "url": "https://mcp.shortsmonkey.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "shortsmonkey-youtube-outlier-research": {
      "url": "https://mcp.shortsmonkey.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

This endpoint answered with an authorization challenge. The server is running, but it did not say what kind of credentials it expects.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://mcp.shortsmonkey.com/mcp	streamable-http	needs auth	628 ms	15 min ago

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ShortsMonkey YouTube Outlier Research — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no tool list for ShortsMonkey YouTube Outlier Research?

The server answered our handshake with an authorization challenge, so it is running — but it will not describe its tools to an anonymous client. To see them you need to connect with your own credentials. We record it as alive, not as broken: 100.0% of checks in the last 24 hours got a reply.

Is ShortsMonkey YouTube Outlier Research working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 91 of 91 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 638 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect ShortsMonkey YouTube Outlier Research?

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 is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address. You will need your own credentials: it refuses anonymous clients.

Does ShortsMonkey YouTube Outlier Research need an API key?

Yes. Every time we knock, ShortsMonkey YouTube Outlier Research answers with an authorization challenge instead of its tool list — that is how we know it is running and gated rather than broken. Bring your own credentials and it will talk.

How fast is ShortsMonkey YouTube Outlier Research?

It answers our handshake in 638 ms on average, which is faster than 19% of all working MCP servers we measure. That is on the slow side — worth knowing if the tool sits inside an interactive loop. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.