YouTube — Video Research & Summarization

Video Intelligence

YouTube is the world's largest knowledge repository. This skill lets your agent tap into it — searching, extracting transcripts, and summarizing content without you having to watch a single video.

• Transcript Extraction: Pull full transcripts from any video with captions.
• Smart Summarization: Get key points, timestamps, and action items from long videos.
• Channel Monitoring: Watch specific channels for new uploads and auto-summarize.
• Search & Filter: Find videos by topic, channel, date, duration, and relevance.

Configuration

"mcpServers": {
  "youtube": {
    "command": "npx",
    "args": ["-y", "@mcp/youtube-server"],
    "env": { "YOUTUBE_API_KEY": "your-api-key" }
  }
}

Top Prompts

1. "Summarize this YouTube video and extract the key takeaways."
2. "Find the best tutorials on Docker networking and summarize the top 3."
3. "Check if Fireship uploaded any new videos this week."