YouTube Data runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 1 088 installs a week from npm. Last commit 11 Sep 2026.
YouTube MCP server for token-optimized, structured data using the YouTube Data API v3.
Nothing serious here today
Today is the operative word: we check YouTube Data 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 mcp add mcp-youtube -- npx -y @kirbah/mcp-youtube{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-youtube": {
"args": [
"-y",
"@kirbah/mcp-youtube"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}[mcp_servers.mcp-youtube]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@kirbah/mcp-youtube"]{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-youtube": {
"args": [
"-y",
"@kirbah/mcp-youtube"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-youtube": {
"args": [
"-y",
"@kirbah/mcp-youtube"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}This one needs environment variables set before it will start:
YOUTUBE_API_KEY (YouTube Data API v3 key), MDB_MCP_CONNECTION_STRING (MongoDB connection string for caching).
The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.
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YouTube Data — questions
Answers built from our own checks of this server.