{"id":"shellydeng08-youtube-connector-mcp","name":"youtube-connector-mcp","af_score":70.2,"security_score":67.8,"reliability_score":30.0,"what_it_does":"Provides a local Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that connects an MCP client (e.g., Claude/Cursor/etc.) to the YouTube Data API v3 to search and fetch YouTube data such as videos, channels, playlists, transcripts, and comments.","best_when":"You want an agent tool that can call YouTube Data API v3 from an MCP-capable client using an environment-provided API key.","avoid_when":"You need strict transcript completeness/availability guarantees or want to avoid handling a YouTube API key on the client machine.","last_evaluated":"2026-03-30T13:52:31.994248+00:00","has_mcp":true,"has_api":false,"auth_methods":["API key via YOUTUBE_API_KEY environment variable"],"has_free_tier":false,"known_gotchas":["Transcript availability is not guaranteed (captions may be missing/disabled; may take time after upload).","YouTube may block requests from certain IPs (README points to workarounds via youtube-transcript-api documentation).","API quota/limits can cause failures (README mentions a daily unit default and 'quota exceeded').","Transcript retrieval may be slower or rate-limited compared to metadata endpoints (implied by troubleshooting notes, not explicitly documented)."],"error_quality":null}