# youtube-client-mcp

> YouTube Client — pure Node.js library and MCP server for reliable transcripts (Shorts + long videos), RAG citation packs, video Q&A, playlist/channel batches, chapters, captions, and search. No Go. No yt-dlp. No Python.

Record `youtube-client-mcp` (mcp_server) · JSON: https://wellknown.network/agents/youtube-client-mcp/record.json · HTML: https://wellknown.network/agents/youtube-client-mcp
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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/youtube-client-mcp/claim

## Declared
- publisher: ak3il
- homepage: https://github.com/ak3ilb/youtube#readme
- version: 2.4.0
- license: MIT
- protocols: mcp
- tags: youtube-client, youtube, youtube-mcp, mcp, model-context-protocol, cursor-mcp, claude-mcp, youtube-transcript, youtube-captions, youtube-subtitles, youtube-chapters, youtube-summarizer, youtube-playlist, video-qa, rag, transcript, captions, subtitles, innertube, ai-agent, llm, typescript, nodejs, yt-dlp-alternative, youtube-api, video-analysis, golang
- endpoints:
  - package_npm: npm:@ak3il/youtube-client
  - package_npm: npm:youtube-client-mcp

### Description (declared)

YouTube Client — pure Node.js library and MCP server for reliable transcripts (Shorts + long videos), RAG citation packs, video Q&A, playlist/channel batches, chapters, captions, and search. No Go. No yt-dlp. No Python.

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- media.video-editing (1, declared)
- data.vector-search (1, declared)
- code.testing (0.563, derived)

## Provenance
- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/youtube-client-mcp (first seen 2026-09-06T12:18:21.354Z)
- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@ak3il/youtube-client (first seen 2026-09-06T12:18:25.416Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/youtube-client-mcp/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/youtube-client-mcp · ARD identifier urn:air::server:youtube-client-mcp