Youtube Shorts MCP Server

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Youtube Shorts is answering right now. Last checked 7 min ago. Last commit 30 Sep 2026.

YouTube Shorts from a channel with views, likes and hashtags. Paid, on Apify's hosted MCP.

Uptime history 6 days of history

6 days agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

92 of 92 checks

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Tools

hidden behind auth

342 ms

Response time

average over 24h

Stars

last commit 30 Sep 2026

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Youtube Shorts 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

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 7 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add youtube-shorts --transport http 'https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=johnvc/youtube-shorts-api'

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste this address

https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=johnvc/youtube-shorts-api

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.youtube-shorts]
url = "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=johnvc/youtube-shorts-api"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "youtube-shorts": {
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=johnvc/youtube-shorts-api"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "youtube-shorts": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=johnvc/youtube-shorts-api"
    }
  }
}

This endpoint answered with an authorization challenge. The server is running, but you need an API key from its owner to call it.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=johnvc/youtube-shorts-api	streamable-http	needs key	320 ms	7 min ago

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Youtube Shorts — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no tool list for Youtube Shorts?

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 Youtube Shorts working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 92 of 92 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 342 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect Youtube Shorts?

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

Does Youtube Shorts need an API key?

Yes. Every time we knock, Youtube Shorts 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 Youtube Shorts?

It answers our handshake in 342 ms on average, which is faster than 41% of all working MCP servers we measure. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.

Is Youtube Shorts open source?

We cannot say either way: written in Python and 0 stars on GitHub, but we could not determine the licence, and without one the code is not open source by default.