Can Cursor Use YouTube? MCP Setup, Live Check (2026)

Q: Can Cursor use YouTube?

Yes. Connect with a remote URL in Cursor’s mcp.json. We found no official YouTube server; the highest-rated live remote community server is Trends MCP (trust grade A). Checked live on 2026-10-27.

Updated October 27, 2026 · from live checks of 50,180 MCP servers · Methodology

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 Cursor

Open Cursor Settings → MCP and add a new server, or edit ~/.cursor/mcp.json (or .cursor/mcp.json in a project).
Paste the remote URL, or the install config from the server page for a local server.
Sign in if the server asks, then use it in Agent chat.

Example for Trends MCP (from the table above):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "youtube": {
      "url": "https://api.trendsmcp.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Menus change, so check Cursor's MCP docs. Every server page has a copy-paste config for Cursor.

Is it safe to connect YouTube to Cursor?

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/

Can Cursor use YouTube?

Remote YouTube servers

How to add YouTube to Cursor

Is it safe to connect YouTube to Cursor?

Can ChatGPT or Claude connect to YouTube?

Does YouTube have an official MCP server?

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