get-video-categories
Get available video categories for a specific region
How to use it
get-video-categories is exposed by the Youtube MCP Server MCP server. Add the server to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf and others), and the get-video-categories tool becomes available to the model automatically. See the full listing for setup details and every tool this server provides.
Install Youtube MCP Server
npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspectorOther tools in Youtube MCP Server (21)
Analyze performance trends of videos from a specific channel
Compare statistics across multiple videos
surrounding segments to retain, from 0 to 5
Advanced transcript extraction with filtering, search, and multi-video capabilities
Get subscriber count, view count, and other channel statistics
Extract key moments with timestamps from a video transcript for easier navigation
Divide a video transcript into segments for easier analysis
Retrieve trending videos by region and category
Get comments for a specific video
Get statistical information for a specific video
Get transcript for a specific video with optional language
optional caption language such as en, ko, or ja
word (default) or substring
response cap from 1 to 1,000 (default: 200)
result offset for pagination
optional phrase to find inside the transcript
Get citation-ready transcript evidence from a URL or video ID without an API key
Compare timestamp-linked evidence across 2–5 videos without an API key
Search for YouTube videos with advanced filtering options
/ endSeconds: optional time window
a YouTube URL or 11-character video ID