youtube-research-mcp (BK927/youtube-research-mcp) is an MCP server listed on the M8ven Trust Index. It scores 74 out of 100, grade C. It declares 4 tools. No publisher has claimed this listing.

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youtube-research-mcp

Read-only YouTube research MCP server for transcripts, metadata, comments, search, channels, playlists, and trending - locally or on Cloud Run.

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Emerging. No concerning findings. Grades remain capped until the project builds reputation through adoption. Grades reflect the full trust pyramid: code, verification depth, and reputation. New projects cap at C until adoption is earned.

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The grade above is for the source repository. Registries can serve a different version, so we mark the ones we were not able to read.

// key findings
✅
4 tools verified — handlers match their declared behaviour
4 read-only tools verified — handlers contain no write/delete/exec
✅
No credential exfiltration, no sensitive file access, no obfuscation
Static analysis found nothing flowing your secrets to unexpected places.
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Open source with a license and README
Anyone can audit the code, the license is declared, and the publisher documents what it does.
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You'll be asked for 5 credentials: MCP_ACCESS_TOKEN, MCP_OAUTH_LOGIN_SECRET, MCP_OAUTH_SIGNING_SECRET, YOUTUBE_API_KEY, YOUTUBE_CURSOR_SECRET
These are read from process.env at runtime. Make sure you trust where they’ll be sent.
// environment variables
To run this server yourself, you supply these values. They go in your own MCP client configuration and stay on your machine. The secret label means the value is sensitive, not that the server mishandles it.
configGCLOUD_PROJECT
configGOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT
configHOST
🔐 secretMCP_ACCESS_TOKENUse a random secret of at least 32 characters and HTTPS.
configMCP_ALLOWED_HOSTSAdditional exact HTTP allowlist entries
configMCP_ALLOWED_ORIGINSAdditional exact HTTP allowlist entries
configMCP_OAUTH_CODE_COLLECTION
configMCP_OAUTH_ISSUER
🔐 secretMCP_OAUTH_LOGIN_SECRET
configMCP_OAUTH_RESOURCE
configMCP_OAUTH_SCOPE
🔐 secretMCP_OAUTH_SIGNING_SECRET
configMCP_OAUTH_STORE
configMCP_TRANSPORTCreate .env from [.env.example](.env.example), set =http, and
configPUBLIC_BASE_URLStable HTTPS URL used for Host validation and MCP OAuth
🔐 secretYOUTUBE_API_KEYOfficial YouTube Data API v3.
🔐 secretYOUTUBE_CURSOR_SECRET
configYOUTUBE_DEFAULT_LANGUAGEPreferred transcript/result language
configYOUTUBE_DEFAULT_REGIONDefault trending region when no explicit region is supplied
configYOUTUBE_PROVIDER_MODEhybrid, official, or unofficial
configYOUTUBE_QUOTA_STORECloud Run sets firestore
configYOUTUBE_TRANSCRIPT_PROVIDERSTranscript fallback order
configYT_DLP_PATHLocal executable; the image uses /opt/yt-dlp/bin/yt-dlp
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commit: 4a75b93d31a02182cf6171097a5f9d543fe92187
code hash: 8b89142e0e23329e9f9097c9b7e21e8bde2f4ac0d31fa61b8d8d11006d45e759
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