{"id":"yt-mcp-server","name":"yt-mcp-server","af_score":65.5,"security_score":43.2,"reliability_score":27.5,"what_it_does":"yt-mcp-server is a Python MCP server that exposes YouTube-related tools: searching for videos, fetching video and channel metadata, retrieving transcripts (with timestamps), searching within a single transcript, and searching across all videos of a channel for passages matching a query. It can run as a zero-config MCP server (e.g., via uvx) and also supports running a standalone HTTP server using a specified transport.","best_when":"You want a local or self-hosted agent tool interface to perform YouTube discovery and transcript lookups with minimal setup.","avoid_when":"You need strong contractual guarantees around uptime, stable upstream availability, or you cannot handle occasional rate limiting and tool-level failures gracefully.","last_evaluated":"2026-04-04T21:37:16.688621+00:00","has_mcp":true,"has_api":true,"auth_methods":[],"has_free_tier":false,"known_gotchas":["Transcript search uses YouTube internal APIs and may rate-limit after many requests in a short period; plan for backoff/retry and fewer queries per session.","Upstream transcript availability can be inconsistent across videos (missing/disabled transcripts, format differences), which may lead to partial or failed tool responses."],"error_quality":0.0}