--- title: "YouTube integrations and MCP server - APIANT.ai" description: "Connect YouTube to any other app, or use it from your AI client over MCP. YouTube is Google's video platform. Upload and manage videos, playlists, captions..." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connections/youtube-2" --- # YouTube integrations Connect YouTube to any other app, or use it from your AI client over MCP. YouTube is Google's video platform. Upload and manage videos, playlists, captions and subscriptions, and pull channel and video analytics. Connects with OAuth [youtube.com](https://youtube.com/) **5** triggers **18** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want to automate with YouTube? Give your AI client this address. `https://mcp.apiant.ai` One connection does both: ask your client to act in an app once, or have it build an automation that keeps running. Any client that takes a remote MCP server. Nothing to install. Create your free account, then sign in once in your browser. ### Set it up in your client ### Claude Code Run this in the directory you want to work in. `claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.ai` Start Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens. [Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp/claude-code) ### Claude, web and desktop Open Customize, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, and paste the address. On Team and Enterprise an owner adds it first. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Cursor Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Zed Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Codex and the ChatGPT desktop app Open Settings, then MCP servers, then Add server, and choose Streamable HTTP. From the terminal, Codex takes the address with its own add command and then signs you in. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Any other MCP client Paste the address where the client asks for a remote MCP server URL, and name the server apiant-ai where it lets you. APIANT's skills reach the client over the same connection. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Popular ## YouTube with the apps people pair it with most - [ **HubSpot to YouTube** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-youtube-2) - [ **Salesforce to YouTube** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-youtube-2) - [ **Slack to YouTube** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-youtube-2) - [ **Google Sheets to YouTube** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-youtube-2) - [ **Gmail to YouTube** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-youtube-2) - [ **Google Calendar to YouTube** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-youtube-2) - [ **Google Drive to YouTube** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-youtube-2) - [ **Mailchimp to YouTube** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mailchimp-to-youtube-2) Pair it ## Connect YouTube with another app - [ **YouTube to Resemble**](https://apiant.ai/connect/youtube-2-to-resemble) - [ **YouTube to Makeup**](https://apiant.ai/connect/youtube-2-to-makeup) - [ **HubSpot to YouTube**](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-youtube-2) - [ **Salesforce to YouTube**](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-youtube-2) - [ **Slack to YouTube**](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-youtube-2) - [ **Google Sheets to YouTube**](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-youtube-2) - [ **Gmail to YouTube**](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-youtube-2) - [ **Google Calendar to YouTube**](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-youtube-2) - [ **Google Drive to YouTube**](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-youtube-2) - [ **Mailchimp to YouTube**](https://apiant.ai/connect/mailchimp-to-youtube-2) - [ **Stripe to YouTube**](https://apiant.ai/connect/stripe-to-youtube-2) - [ **Shopify to YouTube**](https://apiant.ai/connect/shopify-to-youtube-2) - [ **QuickBooks Online to YouTube**](https://apiant.ai/connect/quickbooks-online-to-youtube-2) - [ **Pipedrive to YouTube**](https://apiant.ai/connect/pipedrive-to-youtube-2) - [ **ActiveCampaign to YouTube**](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-youtube-2) - [ **Notion to YouTube**](https://apiant.ai/connect/notion-to-youtube-2) - [ **Airtable to YouTube**](https://apiant.ai/connect/airtable-to-youtube-2) - [ **Trello to YouTube**](https://apiant.ai/connect/trello-to-youtube-2) - [ **Asana to YouTube**](https://apiant.ai/connect/asana-to-youtube-2) - [ **JIRA to YouTube**](https://apiant.ai/connect/jira-to-youtube-2) - [ **ClickUp to YouTube**](https://apiant.ai/connect/clickup-to-youtube-2) - [ **YouTube to Zoom**](https://apiant.ai/connect/youtube-2-to-zoom) - [ **Discord to YouTube**](https://apiant.ai/connect/discord-to-youtube-2) - [ **Twilio to YouTube**](https://apiant.ai/connect/twilio-to-youtube-2) - [ **SendGrid to YouTube**](https://apiant.ai/connect/sendgrid-to-youtube-2) - [ **Outlook to YouTube**](https://apiant.ai/connect/outlook-to-youtube-2) - [ **Intercom to YouTube**](https://apiant.ai/connect/intercom-to-youtube-2) - [ **Freshdesk to YouTube**](https://apiant.ai/connect/freshdesk-to-youtube-2) - [ **Klaviyo to YouTube**](https://apiant.ai/connect/klaviyo-to-youtube-2) - [ **Brevo to YouTube**](https://apiant.ai/connect/brevo-to-youtube-2) - [ **Typeform to YouTube**](https://apiant.ai/connect/typeform-to-youtube-2) - [ **JotForm to YouTube**](https://apiant.ai/connect/jotform-to-youtube-2) - [ **Calendly to YouTube**](https://apiant.ai/connect/calendly-to-youtube-2) - [ **PandaDoc to YouTube**](https://apiant.ai/connect/pandadoc-to-youtube-2) - [ **Webflow to YouTube**](https://apiant.ai/connect/webflow-to-youtube-2) - [ **Wix to YouTube**](https://apiant.ai/connect/wix-to-youtube-2) - [ **YouTube to LinkedIn**](https://apiant.ai/connect/youtube-2-to-linkedin) - [ **YouTube to Facebook**](https://apiant.ai/connect/youtube-2-to-facebook) - [ **Instagram to YouTube**](https://apiant.ai/connect/instagram-to-youtube-2) - [ **OpenAI to YouTube**](https://apiant.ai/connect/openai-to-youtube-2) - [ **YouTube to Anthropic**](https://apiant.ai/connect/youtube-2-to-anthropic) - [ **OneDrive to YouTube**](https://apiant.ai/connect/onedrive-to-youtube-2) - [ **Google Docs to YouTube**](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-docs-to-youtube-2) - [ **Ontraport to YouTube**](https://apiant.ai/connect/ontraport-to-youtube-2) - [ **Freshworks CRM to YouTube**](https://apiant.ai/connect/freshworks-crm-to-youtube-2) - [ **GoHighLevel to YouTube**](https://apiant.ai/connect/gohighlevel-to-youtube-2) - [ **Capsule CRM to YouTube**](https://apiant.ai/connect/capsule-crm-to-youtube-2) - [ **Copper to YouTube**](https://apiant.ai/connect/copper-to-youtube-2) - [ **Streak to YouTube**](https://apiant.ai/connect/streak-to-youtube-2) - [ **NetHunt CRM to YouTube**](https://apiant.ai/connect/nethunt-crm-to-youtube-2) - [ **MINDBODY to YouTube**](https://apiant.ai/connect/mindbody-to-youtube-2) - [ **YouTube to Supabase**](https://apiant.ai/connect/youtube-2-to-supabase) - [ **PostgreSQL to YouTube**](https://apiant.ai/connect/postgresql-to-youtube-2) - [ **MySQL to YouTube**](https://apiant.ai/connect/mysql-to-youtube-2) - [ **Vercel to YouTube**](https://apiant.ai/connect/vercel-to-youtube-2) - [ **YouTube to ElevenLabs**](https://apiant.ai/connect/youtube-2-to-elevenlabs) - [ **PagerDuty to YouTube**](https://apiant.ai/connect/pagerduty-to-youtube-2) - [ **YouTube to Pushover**](https://apiant.ai/connect/youtube-2-to-pushover) - [ **Gravity Forms to YouTube**](https://apiant.ai/connect/gravity-forms-to-youtube-2) - [ **HubSpot Enterprise to YouTube**](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-enterprise-to-youtube-2) What your agent can do with YouTube ## Triggers and actions 5 triggers · 18 actions - Trigger **New Item in YouTube Playlist** Triggers when a video is added to a playlist. - Trigger **New Playlist in YouTube Channel** Triggers when a new playlist is created on a channel. - Trigger **New Video** Triggers when a new video is published on a channel. - Trigger **New YouTube Activity** Triggers when a channel has a new activity, such as an upload, like or playlist addition. - Trigger **New YouTube Channel Subscription** Triggers when the connected account subscribes to a new channel. - Action **Delete Video** Deletes a video from the connected YouTube channel. - Action **Get Channel Activities** Returns recent activities (uploads, likes, playlist additions) for a channel. - Action **Get Channel Analytics Report** Returns YouTube Analytics metrics (views, watch time, subscribers) for the connected channel over a date range. - Action **Get Channel Id By Handle** Returns the channel ID for a YouTube @handle. - Action **Get Channel Statistics** Returns subscriber, view and video counts for a channel. - Action **Get Video Analytics Report** Returns YouTube Analytics metrics for one video over a date range. - Action **Get Video Fields** Returns selected details of a video. - Action **List Caption Track** Returns the caption tracks available on a video. - Action **List Channel Videos** Returns the videos uploaded to a channel. - Action **List User Playlists** Returns the playlists of the connected channel. - Action **List User Subscriptions** Returns the channels the connected account subscribes to. - Action **Load Captions** Downloads the text of a caption track. - Action **Search You Tube** Searches YouTube for videos, channels or playlists matching a query. - Action **Subscribe Channel** Subscribes the connected account to a channel. - Action **Update Thumbnail** Sets a custom thumbnail image on a video. - Action **Update Video** Updates a video's title, description, tags, category or privacy. - Action **Upload Video** Uploads a video file to the connected channel. - Action **Video Details** Returns the full details of a video. ## Related apps - [ **YouTube to Amara** Amara is a video captioning and subtitling platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/youtube-2-to-amara) - [ **YouTube to An API of Ice And Fire** An API of Ice And Fire is a read-only database of the A Song of Ice and Fire book series and Game of Thrones...](https://apiant.ai/connect/youtube-2-to-an-api-of-ice-and-fire) - [ **YouTube to Creatomate** Creatomate lets you automatically create videos & banners from templates](https://apiant.ai/connect/youtube-2-to-creatomate) - [ **YouTube to DomoAI** DomoAI is a complete AI animation platform for video generation and creation workflow.](https://apiant.ai/connect/youtube-2-to-domoai) - [ **Elai to YouTube** Elai.io is a leading text-to-video platform that allows anyone to build customized AI videos with a...](https://apiant.ai/connect/elai-to-youtube-2) - [ **YouTube to Final Space** Final Space API serves reference data about the animated television series Final Space.](https://apiant.ai/connect/youtube-2-to-final-space) - [ **Gumlet to YouTube** Gumlet is best way to stream ad-free videos on internet.](https://apiant.ai/connect/gumlet-to-youtube-2) - [ **YouTube to IMDbOT** IMDbOT is an unofficial lookup service for film and television information sourced from IMDb.](https://apiant.ai/connect/youtube-2-to-imdbot) [More in Video](https://apiant.ai/apps/video) Reviews ## What our customers say Questions ## YouTube, answered ### ### Is there a YouTube MCP server? APIANT's MCP server at https://mcp.apiant.ai works with YouTube. Add that address to any AI client that takes a remote MCP server and sign in once in your browser. Your client can then run YouTube actions on demand, or have APIANT build, test and run automations that use YouTube. Nothing to install. ### ### What can start an automation from YouTube? Any of YouTube's 5 triggers in the catalog, including New Item in YouTube Playlist, New Playlist in YouTube Channel, New Video and New YouTube Activity. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in YouTube? Any of YouTube's 18 actions, including Update Thumbnail, Update Video, Upload Video and Get Channel Activities. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can I use YouTube directly from Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor? Yes. Connect your AI client to APIANT once and it works with YouTube two ways. Ask it to do something in YouTube once and it runs that action on the spot. Ask for an automation and your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running on its own. A one-off action uses your plan's tasks the same way an automation step does. ### ### Do I need to write code against the YouTube API? No. APIANT connects to the YouTube API for you, and you sign in to YouTube once with OAuth. Describe what you want in plain language and your agent builds it on the YouTube triggers and actions in the catalog. If you need an endpoint that is not there yet, your agent reads the YouTube API documentation and adds it. ### ### Which apps can YouTube connect to? Any app in the catalog; the list on this page pairs YouTube with each of them. If the other app is missing, point your agent at its API documentation and it builds the connector. ### ### What happens when something fails? Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Is there a free plan? Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.