replynodes-youtube-api

OpenClaw-installable, public YouTube research skill for the ReplyNodes MCP.

Outcome-led discovery

Intent clusters: video discovery; video/channel inspection; comment research; playlist inspection; related-video exploration; transcript/caption research; provenance and missing-data audits.

Example prompts:

• Find public videos on a topic and compare the returned metadata.
• Inspect a video and its related results; separate observed data from inference.
• Summarize public comments while preserving unavailable and partial states.
• Compare channels or playlists and report null fields honestly.
• Retrieve a transcript when available and state clearly when it is unavailable.

Install and test

Git install after publication to GitHub:

openclaw skills install git:replynodes/replynodes-youtube-api@main --as replynodes-youtube-api

Local checkout install:

openclaw skills install /path/to/replynodes-youtube-api --as replynodes-youtube-api

Offline package check:

bash scripts/validate-package.sh

No runtime code, dependencies, secrets, or provider credentials are included.

Current MCP contract

Canonical endpoint: https://mcp.replynodes.com/mcp

The live MCP exposes these YouTube tools:

• youtube_search
• youtube_video
• youtube_channel
• youtube_comments
• youtube_playlist
• youtube_related
• youtube_transcript

Connect with a supported ReplyNodes MCP authentication flow. Headless clients may use a ReplyNodes Bearer API key through their secret/environment support. Unauthenticated tool use is rejected; discover the live schemas with tools/list after connecting. This repository documents only the canonical MCP endpoint and current tool contract.

The package is a research skill, not a platform-management tool. It does not support upload, liking, subscribing, posting comments, account actions, OAuth, cookies, sessions, platform credentials, or private data.

Growth metadata

Primary activation: an agent completes a grounded YouTube research answer with endpoint provenance and explicit null/partial/unavailable handling. Discovery copy emphasizes outcomes rather than installation. Suggested funnel events are privacy-safe aggregate counts only: capability-discovery success, route invocation result class, envelope-validation success, and grounded-answer completion. Do not record tokens, raw research content, cookies, sessions, or provider identifiers.

License

MIT. See LICENSE.