YouTube for Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT & agents

YouTube — search YouTube videos / channels / playlists, get a video's metadata (title, description, stats, duration), list a channel's recent uploads, fetch channel details by id or @handle, list a...

curl -fsSL https://syncorelabs.ai/install.sh | sh

What it does

YouTube — search YouTube videos / channels / playlists, get a video's metadata (title, description, stats, duration), list a channel's recent uploads, fetch channel details by id or @handle, list a channel's playlists, list videos inside a playlist, and pull top-level comments on a video, all via YouTube Data API v3. Use when the user mentions YouTube, YT, video, channel, playlist, MKBHD, or wants to find / inspect / quote YouTube content.

The YouTube skill is one of 75+ pre-wired Syncore integrations that any MCP-compatible client — Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, Codex CLI, and ChatGPT desktop — can call out of the box. You don't configure MCP servers or copy API keys into a JSON file; the Syncore daemon discovers the skill at startup and exposes its tools to whichever AI client is running.

Sample prompts

Once Syncore is installed and YouTube is connected, ask your agent something like:

• “Search for from YouTube.”
• “Get video from YouTube.”
• “List channel videos from YouTube.”

Tools available (7)

• youtube__search

  Search YouTube for videos, channels, or playlists. Use when the user wants to find YouTube content by topic. Supports type (video / channel / playlist), order (relevance / date / rating / viewCount / title), and max_results.

• youtube__get_video

  Get full details for one YouTube video by video_id — title, description, view / like counts, duration, publish date. Use when the user wants metadata or a description for a specific video.

• youtube__list_channel_videos

  List recent video uploads from a YouTube channel by channel_id. Use when the user wants to see what's new from a creator or audit a channel's upload history.

• youtube__get_channel

  Fetch a YouTube channel's details by channel_id (UC…) or @handle (e.g. mkbhd). Use when the user wants subscriber count, description, banner, or upload playlist id.

• youtube__list_playlists

  List public playlists owned by a YouTube channel. Use when the user wants to inspect a creator's playlist organization.

• youtube__list_playlist_items

  List the videos inside a YouTube playlist by playlist_id. Use when the user wants to see what's in a playlist or scrape a series in order.

• youtube__list_video_comments

  List top-level comments on a YouTube video by video_id. Use when the user wants to gauge audience reaction, summarize comments, or pull viewer feedback.

How to connect

YouTube needs a provider API key to talk to youtube. Connect it from the Syncore dashboard:

1. Run curl -fsSL https://syncorelabs.ai/install.sh | sh on macOS / Linux (or the PowerShell command on Windows).
2. Run syncore login to create your account and a device-bound encryption key.
3. Visit syncorelabs.ai/connect and authorize YouTube.
4. Run syncore update to sync the skill + credentials to every installed AI client.

Pricing

Free at every Syncore tier. Connect your account once at /connect; the OAuth or API-key credential stays encrypted on your machine and syncs to your other devices via the Syncore vault.

See the full Syncore pricing breakdown — Free $0/mo, Pro $29/mo, Ultra $99/mo — on the homepage.