`yt_search`

Pack: youtube · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/youtube/mcp

Search YouTube for videos, channels, or playlists. Returns snippet info including title, description, channel, thumbnails, and publish date.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`_apiKey`	string	yes	YouTube Data API v3 key from Google Cloud Console
`query`	string	yes	Search term
`type`	string	no	Resource type to search: “video”, “channel”, or “playlist” (default: “video”)
`max_results`	number	no	Number of results to return (default 10, max 50)
`channel_id`	string	no	Filter results to a specific channel ID
`order`	string	no	Sort order: “date”, “rating”, “relevance”, or “viewCount” (default: “relevance”)
`published_after`	string	no	Filter results published after this ISO 8601 date (e.g. “2024-01-01T00:00:00Z”)

Example call

Arguments

{
  "_apiKey": "your-youtube-api-key",
  "query": "machine learning tutorial"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/youtube/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"yt_search","arguments":{"_apiKey":"your-youtube-api-key","query":"machine learning tutorial"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('yt_search', {
  "_apiKey": "your-youtube-api-key",
  "query": "machine learning tutorial"
});

More examples

{
  "_apiKey": "your-youtube-api-key",
  "query": "Python programming",
  "type": "video",
  "max_results": 20,
  "order": "viewCount",
  "published_after": "2024-01-01T00:00:00Z"
}

Response shape

Always returns: total_results, results

Field	Type	Description
`total_results`	number	Total number of search results available
`results`	array	Array of search result items

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "total_results": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Total number of search results available"
    },
    "results": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "Array of search result items",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "id": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Video, channel, or playlist ID"
          },
          "kind": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Resource kind (youtube#video, youtube#channel, etc.)"
          },
          "title": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Resource title"
          },
          "description": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Resource description"
          },
          "channel_title": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Channel title"
          },
          "channel_id": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Channel ID"
          },
          "published_at": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "ISO 8601 publish date"
          },
          "thumbnail": {
            "type": [
              "string",
              "null"
            ],
            "description": "Default thumbnail URL"
          }
        },
        "required": [
          "id",
          "kind",
          "title",
          "description",
          "channel_title",
          "channel_id",
          "published_at",
          "thumbnail"
        ]
      }
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "total_results",
    "results"
  ]
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "youtube": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/youtube/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

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