Can Claude Code use YouTube?
Updated October 27, 2026 · from live checks of 50,180 MCP servers · Methodology
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Remote YouTube servers
| Server | Publisher | Status | Sign-in | Tools | Trust |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trends MCP Yours? Claim it | Registry domain | Live | API key | — | A |
| Openshorts Yours? Claim it | Community | Live · sign-in | OAuth sign-in | — | A |
| Ssemble AI Clipping Yours? Claim it | Registry domain | Live | No auth | 10 | B |
| YouTube Trends MCP Yours? Claim it | Registry domain | Live | API key | — | B |
| YouTube Transcript + YouTube Search MCP Yours? Claim it | Registry domain | Live | No auth | 8 | B |
| Zenserp MCP by usefulapi Yours? Claim it | Registry domain | Live | No auth | 19 | B |
| HasData YouTube Yours? Claim it | Registry domain | Live | API key | 4 | B |
| Publora Yours? Claim it | Registry domain | Live · sign-in | OAuth sign-in | — | B |
| Dynamoi Yours? Claim it | Community | Live | No auth | 24 | B |
| LinkDigest — Xiaohongshu, Douyin, TikTok, YouTube to text Yours? Claim it | Registry domain | Live | API key | 5 | B |
| BibiGPT Yours? Claim it | Community | Live · sign-in | OAuth sign-in | — | B |
| ReplyNodes Yours? Claim it | Registry domain | Live | API key | 73 | B |
How to add YouTube to Claude Code
- Remote server: run
claude mcp add --transport http <name> <url>. - Local server: run
claude mcp add <name> -- <command>with the install command from the server page. - Run
/mcpinside Claude Code to sign in.
Example for Trends MCP (from the table above):
claude mcp add --transport http youtube https://api.trendsmcp.ai/mcpMenus change, so check Anthropic's Claude Code MCP docs. Every server page has a copy-paste config for Claude Code.
Is it safe to connect YouTube to Claude Code?
Check the publisher and trust grade first. YouTube doesn't run an official MCP server we can verify, so every server here comes from a third party and can see whatever your account can.
Can ChatGPT or Claude connect to YouTube?
See https://canmyaiuse.pages.dev/can/chatgpt/youtube/ and https://canmyaiuse.pages.dev/can/claude/youtube/
Does YouTube have an official MCP server?
Not that we can verify: it isn't in the official MCP Registry as of 2026-10-27, and we haven't found a server hosted by YouTube itself. Full list: https://canmyaiuse.pages.dev/apps/youtube/
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