YouTube Shorts

YouTube Shorts MCP server

Registry name: io.github.johnisanerd/youtube-shorts. Maintained by AlphaOSINT (Apify developer johnvc, GitHub johnisanerd).

What it does

List the Shorts on a channel (or fetch given Short links) with views, likes, comments, publish time, duration, hashtags and channel statistics, sorted and filtered by date.

When to use it

Short-form video performance for a channel. Use it for creator analytics, trend research and competitor content tracking.

How it works

The server runs on Apify's hosted MCP endpoint, so there is nothing to install or host. Its URL pins one Actor with ?tools=johnvc/youtube-shorts-api, which gives your agent a single tool, johnvc--youtube-shorts-api, whose parameters are the Actor's typed input schema. The agent can call that tool directly without searching for an Actor first, and it can't start other Actors through this server. For general access to the whole Apify Store, use https://mcp.apify.com without the tools parameter.

Pricing

Each tool call runs the Apify Actor johnvc/youtube-shorts-api on your own Apify account and is billed there at the Actor's prices:

Free-plan rates as of 2026-11-13; paid Apify plans pay less per event. Apify also bills a token amount per run start and stored row ($0.00001, $0.00001). Current prices are on the Actor's page: https://apify.com/johnvc/youtube-shorts-api

Endpoint

• Transport: Streamable HTTP
• URL: https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=johnvc/youtube-shorts-api
• Auth: Apify OAuth (opens on first use), or the header Authorization: Bearer (Apify Console → Settings → API & Integrations)

Setup

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http youtube-shorts "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=johnvc/youtube-shorts-api"

VS Code (.vscode/mcp.json)

{

"servers": { "youtube-shorts": { "type": "http", "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=johnvc/youtube-shorts-api" } } }

Cursor (~/.cursor/mcp.json)

{

"mcpServers": { "youtube-shorts": { "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=johnvc/youtube-shorts-api" } } }

Claude Desktop: Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, and paste the URL. Older versions without remote connectors can bridge through mcp-remote in claude_desktop_config.json:

{

"mcpServers": { "youtube-shorts": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "-y", "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=johnvc/youtube-shorts-api" ] } } }

Tools

Apify's endpoint adds the four helper tools whenever an Actor tool is loaded.

Parameters of johnvc--youtube-shorts-api

Example

Ask the agent in plain language, or call johnvc--youtube-shorts-api with arguments such as:

{

"channels": [ "siliconimist" ], "maxResultsShorts": 10 }

Output

JSON rows with these fields:

Data source and terms

YouTube's public channel and Shorts pages, collected by scraping. The server returns the data as published at the time of the call. You are responsible for using it in line with the source's terms and the laws that apply to you. AlphaOSINT is not affiliated with the source.

Links

• Actor on Apify: https://apify.com/johnvc/youtube-shorts-api
• Docs page: https://alphaosint.com/mcp/youtube-shorts/
• All AlphaOSINT MCP servers: index