youtube-mcp

Item: youtube-mcp
Rating: 68
Author: M8ven

Search and browse videos, channels, and playlists to fetch titles, descriptions, stats, and durations. Retrieve multilingual, timestamped transcripts and search within captions for precise context. Surface channel and playlist insights quickly by listing items and details.

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// key findings

⚠️

Known vulnerabilities in dependencies: 2 high

Affects packages this MCP installs at runtime. Upgrade or remove the affected dependency.

✅

7 tools verified — handlers match their declared behaviour

7 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.

🔐

You'll be asked for 2 credentials: GOOGLE_TRANSLATE_API_KEY, YOUTUBE_API_KEY

These are read from process.env at runtime. Make sure you trust where they’ll be sent.

// known CVEs in dependencies2 high

Disclosed vulnerabilities in this server's declared npm dependencies (via OSV). Whether each is reachable depends on the installed versions.

high@modelcontextprotocol/sdk@1.1.1GHSA-8r9q-7v3j-jr4g

Anthropic's MCP TypeScript SDK has a ReDoS vulnerability

high@modelcontextprotocol/sdk@1.1.1GHSA-w48q-cv73-mx4w

Model Context Protocol (MCP) TypeScript SDK does not enable DNS rebinding protection by default

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// required environment variables

This server reads these from process.env. You'll be asked to provide them before it can run.

configGOOGLE_PROJECT_ID

🔐 secretGOOGLE_TRANSLATE_API_KEY

🔐 secretYOUTUBE_API_KEY— "": "your_youtube_api_key_here"

configYOUTUBE_TRANSCRIPT_LANG— Default language for transcripts (optional, defaults to 'en')

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commit: 12b0642af6f2b93f14541c84204c78327c3254d0

code hash: 1c8a5888860f69bf9937cb646aba7bec351d8c9c32ded48873eb7c0ef07cb3f3

verified: 7/11/2026, 8:29:56 AM

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