YouTube Data MCP by usefulapi MCP Server

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YouTube Data MCP by usefulapi is answering right now. Last checked 11 min ago. It exposes 9 tools. Last commit 2 Nov 2026.

Search videos; read channels, playlists, comments and popular videos in YouTube.

Uptime history 21 hours of history

21 hours agonow

100.0%

Uptime 24h

77 of 77 checks

Tools

read from the server

179 ms

Response time

average over 24h

Stars

last commit 2 Nov 2026

What changed 1

Every tool that appeared, vanished or quietly changed what it asks for. Recorded since 2 November 2026. No other catalogue keeps this.

2 Nov a tool changed version

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check YouTube Data MCP by usefulapi 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 11 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add youtube-data --transport http https://youtube-data.usefulapi.io/mcp

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

https://youtube-data.usefulapi.io/mcp

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.youtube-data]
url = "https://youtube-data.usefulapi.io/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "youtube-data": {
      "url": "https://youtube-data.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "youtube-data": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://youtube-data.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Available tools 9

Read directly from the server with tools/list, grouped by what they act on. If a tool disappears, we record the date.

youtube

youtube_get_channels

Get public channel details (title, description, custom URL, country, subscriber/view/video counts, uploads playlist id) by channel ids, by @handle or by legacy username. Give exactly one of channel_ids, handle, username. 1 quota unit. API: GET /channels.

youtube_get_videos

Get details for up to 50 videos by id: title, description, tags, publish date, duration, view/like/comment counts and privacy status. 1 quota unit per call. API: GET /videos?id=.

youtube_list_comment_replies

List all replies to one top-level comment (use the comment id of a thread from youtube_list_comment_threads). 1 quota unit. API: GET /comments?parentId=.

youtube_list_comment_threads

List top-level public comments (with reply counts and a few replies) of one video, or of all videos of one channel. Give exactly one of video_id, channel_id. Fails with HTTP 403 when comments are disabled. 1 quota unit. API: GET /commentThreads.

youtube_list_playlist_items

List the videos in a playlist. Use the uploads playlist id from youtube_get_channels (contentDetails.relatedPlaylists.uploads) to list all uploads of a channel for 1 quota unit instead of a 100-unit search. API: GET /playlistItems.

youtube_list_playlists

List the public playlists of a channel, or get playlists by id (give exactly one of channel_id, playlist_ids). 1 quota unit. API: GET /playlists.

youtube_list_popular_videos

List the most popular videos of a region, optionally within one video category. 1 quota unit per call. API: GET /videos?chart=mostPopular.

youtube_list_video_categories

List the video categories (id and title) that exist in a region. Use the ids to filter youtube_list_popular_videos. 1 quota unit. API: GET /videoCategories.

youtube_search

Search public videos, channels or playlists by keyword. COSTS 100 quota units per call (the default daily quota is 10,000 units), so prefer the get/list tools when you have ids. Returns ids and snippets; call youtube_get_videos for statistics. API: GET /search.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://youtube-data.usefulapi.io/mcp	streamable-http	answering	70 ms	11 min ago

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YouTube Data MCP by usefulapi — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

What can YouTube Data MCP by usefulapi do?

It exposes 9 tools, read directly from the server on our last check. Among them: youtube_get_channels, youtube_get_videos, youtube_list_comment_replies, youtube_list_comment_threads, youtube_list_playlist_items, youtube_list_playlists and 3 more. The full list with descriptions is on this page — we take it from the server itself via tools/list, not from a README. How MCP servers expose tools in the first place →

Is YouTube Data MCP by usefulapi working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 77 of 77 checks got a reply (100.0%), average response time 179 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

How do I connect YouTube Data MCP by usefulapi?

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.

Does YouTube Data MCP by usefulapi need an API key?

No. YouTube Data MCP by usefulapi completed a full MCP handshake with us as an anonymous client and listed its tools without asking for anything. All 9 of them are readable on this page. This is what we observed, not what the docs claim.

How fast is YouTube Data MCP by usefulapi?

It answers our handshake in 179 ms on average, which is faster than 76% of all working MCP servers we measure. That puts it in the quick quarter of the ecosystem. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.

Is YouTube Data MCP by usefulapi open source?

The code is open source: it is published under the MIT licence, written in JavaScript, 1 stars on GitHub and 1 open issue. The licence covers the code in the repository, not the hosted service at youtube-data.usefulapi.io, which runs on its operator's own terms.