This FREE Tool Gives Claude Full Access to YouTube

ytk is a free, open-source YouTube CLI and MCP server I built. It gives Claude Code (or Codex, Cursor, Claude Desktop, ChatGPT) access to your channel through the YouTube API. Claude uploads and schedules a video, sets the thumbnail and creates a playlist, finds where viewers drop off in one of my videos, researches Shorts ideas, and refuses to delete a video when I ask. Then I set it up from zero. GitHub: https://github.com/eukosh/youtube-kit Install: uv tool install youtube-kit ytk auth login (one-time Google Cloud setup, about 5 minutes) Skill for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor: npx skills add eukosh/youtube-kit -g MCP server for Claude Desktop and ChatGPT: uvx youtube-kit mcp What it covers: uploads, metadata, thumbnails, playlists, scheduling, analytics (retention, traffic sources, search terms, impressions, CTR), captions and transcripts, comments and moderation, multiple channels. Deletes are guarded: a video with more than 100 views, or public for more than 7 days, can't be deleted from ytk. Not covered: end screens, cards, live streams, memberships. 0:00 What ytk is 1:36 Upload, thumbnail, schedule, playlist 5:20 Where viewers drop off 7:09 Researching video ideas 8:45 Can it wreck my channel? 11:00 Setup from zero 16:30 Wrap-up This video was uploaded and scheduled by Claude with ytk.