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get_channel_videos

List the most recent uploads of a YouTube channel, newest first. Accepts a channel id (UC…), a handle (@name) or a channel URL. Returns ids, titles, durations, view counts and publish dates.

channelstring, required

limitinteger

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get_channel_videos

List the most recent uploads of a YouTube channel, newest first. Accepts a channel id (UC…), a handle (@name) or a channel URL. Returns ids, titles, durations, view counts and publish dates.

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Argument	Type	Description
limit	integer
channel*	string

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "title": "get_channel_videosArguments",
  "required": [
    "channel"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "title": "Limit",
      "default": 20
    },
    "channel": {
      "type": "string",
      "title": "Channel"
    }
  }
}

get_playlist_videos

List the videos in a YouTube playlist, in playlist order. Accepts a playlist URL (anything with list=…) or the playlist id. Returns ids and titles for get_youtube_transcript.

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Argument	Type	Description
limit	integer
playlist*	string

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "title": "get_playlist_videosArguments",
  "required": [
    "playlist"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "title": "Limit",
      "default": 50
    },
    "playlist": {
      "type": "string",
      "title": "Playlist"
    }
  }
}

get_youtube_transcript

Fetch the transcript (captions/subtitles) of a YouTube video as text. Accepts a watch URL, youtu.be link, Shorts link or bare 11-character video id. Returns the spoken text with timestamps grouped in ~30 s blocks by default; format 'text' is prose without timestamps, 'srt'/'vtt' are subtitle files, 'json' is raw segments with start/duration. Works with creator-uploaded and auto-generated captions. translate_to translates the transcript with AI (extra credits, scales with length) — omit unless asked.

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Argument	Type	Description
video*	string
format	string
language	string
translate_to	any

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "title": "get_youtube_transcriptArguments",
  "required": [
    "video"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "video": {
      "type": "string",
      "title": "Video"
    },
    "format": {
      "type": "string",
      "title": "Format",
      "default": "timestamped"
    },
    "language": {
      "type": "string",
      "title": "Language",
      "default": "en"
    },
    "translate_to": {
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "type": "string"
        },
        {
          "type": "null"
        }
      ],
      "title": "Translate To",
      "default": null
    }
  }
}

search_channel_videos

Search for videos inside one YouTube channel by keyword — 'find the video where <channel> talks about <topic>'. Accepts a channel id, @handle or channel URL.

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Argument	Type	Description
limit	integer
query*	string
channel*	string

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "title": "search_channel_videosArguments",
  "required": [
    "channel",
    "query"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "title": "Limit",
      "default": 10
    },
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "title": "Query"
    },
    "channel": {
      "type": "string",
      "title": "Channel"
    }
  }
}

search_youtube

Search YouTube for videos by keyword. Returns video ids, titles, channel names, durations and view counts. Use a returned id with get_youtube_transcript to read it.

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Argument	Type	Description
limit	integer
query*	string

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "title": "search_youtubeArguments",
  "required": [
    "query"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "title": "Limit",
      "default": 10
    },
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "title": "Query"
    }
  }
}