youtube-mcpSAFE
Hosted YouTube MCP server from HasData, no Google Cloud project needed. Search, video, channel and transcript tools for Claude, Cursor and any MCP client.
Overview
From the repository's own README, as read at the audited commit. Badges and raw HTML are left out.
A hosted Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that gives Claude, Cursor, Windsurf and any other MCP client four read-only YouTube tools. Search YouTube, read video and channel data, and pull transcripts, with no Google Cloud project and no YouTube Data API key.
1,000 free credits every month, no card required, which is 100 YouTube calls.
https://mcp.hasdata.com/mcp?apis=youtube
[](https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/HasData/youtube-mcp) [](https://github.com/HasData/youtube-mcp/actions/workflows/contract.yml) [](https://modelcontextprotocol.io) [](#tools)
- Prompts and resources
[](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@hasdata/youtube-mcp) [](https://pypi.org/project/hasdata-youtube-mcp/) [](LICENSE)
Contents
- What you need
- Quick start
- Example prompts
- Tools
- Errors and failure paths
- Pricing, free tier and limits
- Tool selection
- How it compares
- FAQ
- HasData links
- Development
- Contributing
- License
What you need
An MCP client that speaks streamable HTTP with custom headers. A Ha
6f8488172eabOBSERVED · 2026-10-10Connect
Built from this server's own package name, version and transport as found in its source — not copied from anyone's documentation, so it cannot drift against a page we do not control. Replace the environment placeholders with a token scoped to the least it needs.
claude mcp add youtube-mcp --env HASDATA_API_KEY=${HASDATA_API_KEY} --env HASDATA_API_KEY=${HASDATA_API_KEY} -- npx -y @hasdata/[email protected]claude mcp add hasdata-youtube-mcp --env HASDATA_API_KEY=${HASDATA_API_KEY} --env HASDATA_API_KEY=${HASDATA_API_KEY} -- uvx hasdata-youtube-mcp==1.0.9Trust audit
SAFEgrade B · trust 89/100 Nothing in the source contradicts what it says it does. Grade A is reserved for packages that have also passed the behavioural sandbox.
| Layer | What it checks | Result |
|---|---|---|
| L0 | Provenance & inventory | PASS |
| L1 | Static analysis of the code | PASS |
| L2 | Instruction surface (what it tells the agent) | PASS |
| L3 | Class-specific surface | PASS |
| L4 | Behavioural (sandbox) | SKIPPED |
What the source does
- Filesystem
- none-observed
- Network
- none-observed
- Shell
- none-observed
- Dependencies
- not all pinned
- Secrets in source
- none-found
Findings (2)
mcp-remote
Gates applied: no_behavioural_pass.
6f8488172eabfull audit observations/trust-audit/mcp-server/hasdata__youtube-mcp.json · Report an issue / request a re-scanAudit history
Every audit this server has had. A grade with a past is a grade somebody is still checking.
| Date | Source | Verdict | Grade | Score | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-10 | 6f8488172eab | SAFE | B | 89 | first audit |
Questions
What is the youtube-mcp MCP server?
Hosted YouTube MCP server from HasData, no Google Cloud project needed. Search, video, channel and transcript tools for Claude, Cursor and any MCP client.
Is youtube-mcp safe to connect to an agent?
The audit found nothing in the source that contradicts what it says it does, and graded it B (89/100). Grade A is held back for packages that have also passed a sandboxed behavioural run, which is why a clean server reads B.
What credentials does youtube-mcp need?
It reads HASDATA_API_KEY from the environment. Give it a token scoped to the least it needs — an agent that can be talked into calling a tool can be talked into calling it with your credentials.
How does youtube-mcp run?
It speaks stdio and streamable-http, so it runs as a local process your client starts. It is published on npm as @hasdata/youtube-mcp at 1.0.2.
How current is this page?
The grade is for one exact copy of the source (6f8488172eab), read on 2026-10-10. The repository is watched and re-audited when it changes.