MCP Youtube Video Channel Scraper runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. Last commit 11 Nov 2026.
YouTube channels, playlists, and search lists as flat rows, with no login
Nothing serious here today
Today is the operative word: we check MCP Youtube Video Channel Scraper 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-video-channel-scraper -e 'APIFY_TOKEN=<APIFY_TOKEN>' -- npx -y @mambalabsdev/mcp-youtube-video-channel-scraper{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-youtube-video-channel-scraper": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@mambalabsdev/mcp-youtube-video-channel-scraper"
],
"env": {
"APIFY_TOKEN": "<APIFY_TOKEN>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.mcp-youtube-video-channel-scraper]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@mambalabsdev/mcp-youtube-video-channel-scraper"]
env = { APIFY_TOKEN = "<APIFY_TOKEN>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-youtube-video-channel-scraper": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@mambalabsdev/mcp-youtube-video-channel-scraper"
],
"env": {
"APIFY_TOKEN": "<APIFY_TOKEN>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"mcp-youtube-video-channel-scraper": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@mambalabsdev/mcp-youtube-video-channel-scraper"
],
"env": {
"APIFY_TOKEN": "<APIFY_TOKEN>"
}
}
}
}Put your own value in place of
<APIFY_TOKEN> (Apify API token from https://console.apify.com/account/integrations).
The author’s registry entry marks it as required.
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