`yt_search`

Pack: youtube · Connect: https://pipeworx.io/mcp (see Connect below for a single-pack URL)

No MCP client? Call it directly: GET https://gateway.pipeworx.io/v1/tools/yt_search for the schema, then POST the same URL with its arguments for the data.

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 — every tool in the catalog, including this one — or use one-click install buttons:

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

Connect to just the youtube pack

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

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

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