YouTube for AI agents

YouTube is a video-sharing platform, used here to manage a channel's videos, playlists, and comments and to read channel statistics. Connect it once through Arc0, and your agent, or Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor, can use it through one MCP endpoint, limited to what each user approved.

Connect YouTube See the 51 actions ↓

Video and audioOAuth 2.0MCP + RESTyoutube.com

AUDIT LOG · YOUTUBEPOLICY: acme-support

09:41:07 · claude · u_8f2read

youtube.list_channels

List Channels✓ allowed · 212ms

09:41:08 · claude · u_8f2read

youtube.list_comments

List Comments✓ allowed · 164ms

09:41:09 · claude · u_8f2write

youtube.create_playlist

Create Playlist✓ approved · approved by user

09:41:12 · claude · u_8f2destructive

youtube.delete_video

Delete Video✕ blocked · policy: deny

EVERY YOUTUBE CALL, ON THE RECORD

01 · USE CASES

What agents do in YouTube.

Get channel statistics

Pull subscriber and view counts for a channel, a read-only report.

Add a video to a playlist

Add an existing video to a playlist for organization or promotion.

Confirm before deleting a video

Check with the user before deleting a video, since it removes it and its comments permanently.

02 · ACTIONS

51 YouTube actions, graded by risk.

Every YouTube action is tagged read, write or destructive, so one policy covers the whole app and new actions inherit the right default.

read

Look things up. Allowed by default.

youtube.list_channels
List Channels
youtube.list_comments
List Comments
youtube.search_you_tube
Search YouTube
youtube.get_video_rating
Get Video Rating
youtube.list_i18n_regions
List I18n Regions
youtube.list_caption_track
List captions
youtube.list_channel_videos
List channel videos
youtube.list_i18n_languages
List I18n Languages
youtube.list_playlist_items
List Playlist Items
youtube.list_user_playlists
List user playlists
youtube.list_comment_threads
List Comment Threads (Deprecated)
youtube.list_playlist_images
List Playlist Images
youtube.list_channel_sections
List Channel Sections
youtube.list_comment_threads2
List Comment Threads
youtube.list_video_categories
List Video Categories
youtube.get_channel_activities
Get Channel Activities

+ 8 MORE

write

Create and change things. Allow, or ask the user first.

youtube.post_comment
Post Comment on Video
youtube.update_video
Update video
youtube.update_caption
Update caption track
youtube.update_channel
Update channel
youtube.update_comment
Update Comment
youtube.create_playlist
Create Playlist
youtube.update_playlist
Update Playlist
youtube.update_thumbnail
Update thumbnail
youtube.create_comment_reply
Insert Comment Reply
youtube.update_playlist_item
Update Playlist Item
youtube.add_video_to_playlist
Add Video to Playlist
youtube.create_channel_section
Insert Channel Section
youtube.update_channel_section
Update Channel Section
youtube.rate_video
Rate Video
youtube.upload_video
Upload video
youtube.load_captions
Download YouTube caption track

+ 5 MORE

destructive

Delete, cancel or archive. Ask first, or deny outright.

youtube.delete_video
Delete Video
youtube.delete_comment
Delete Comment
youtube.delete_playlist
Delete Playlist
youtube.delete_playlist_item
Delete Playlist Item
youtube.delete_channel_section
Delete Channel Section
youtube.unsubscribe_channel
Unsubscribe from channel

03 · HOW IT WORKS

YouTube in three steps.

01Your users connect YouTubeThey sign in to YouTube on Arc0 Connect, under your brand, and approve the access you ask for.
02You set the rulesReads run, writes like “create Playlist” can wait for the user, and “delete Video” can be denied outright.
03Any agent can actYour agent calls YouTube through the Arc0 SDK or MCP, and so can Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor. Every call lands on the audit log.

POLICY.TS

await arc0.policies.set('youtube', {
  read: 'allow',
  write: 'ask',        // create_playlist
  destructive: 'deny',  // delete_video
})

# Claude Code: the same connection, one URL
$ claude mcp add --transport http arc0 \
    https://mcp.arc0.ai/u/u_8f2

04 · AUTH AND DATA

How YouTube connects.

Users sign in to YouTube on Arc0 Connect and approve the scopes you request. Build with Arc0’s YouTube OAuth app, or bring your own so the YouTube consent screen names you. Tokens refresh automatically, and you can export them whenever you want.

The same YouTube connection serves your agent over MCP and your own backend over REST and the proxy, so a user connects once. How Arc0 handles credentials →

AUTH: OAuth 2.0
CREDENTIALS: Per-tenant encrypted vault
MODEL SEES: Results only, never credentials
AUDIT LOG: Every call, on every plan

05 · WORKS WITH

Use YouTube from any agent.

Claude

ChatGPT

Cursor

Codex

VS Code

OpenAI Agents SDK

Claude Agent SDK

Vercel AI SDK

Mastra

LangGraph

06 · RELATED

YouTube and Arc0, answered.

Q01

Can I use YouTube with Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor?

Yes. Connect YouTube to Arc0 once, then add your Arc0 MCP URL to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Claude Code or any other remote-MCP client. Each assistant only gets the YouTube actions you allow.

Q02

How do users connect YouTube?

Q03

Which YouTube actions can my agent take?

51 in total: 24 read, 21 write and 6 destructive, such as “create Playlist”. Your policies decide which of them each agent may call.

Q04

Can I stop my agent from deleting things in YouTube?

Yes. Actions like “delete Video” are graded destructive. Set destructive actions to deny, or to ask so the user approves each one, and blocked calls still show up on the audit log.

Q05

Can my own backend call YouTube too?

Yes. The same YouTube connection is available over REST and through the Arc0 proxy, so your product and your agent share one connection per user.

Get started

Plug YouTube into your agent.

Your users connect YouTube once, under your brand. Your agent gets 51 actions behind your policies, with every call on the record.

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Free to build · MCP + REST · Audit log on every plan