# io.github.not0lucky/tubescout (npm · tubescout)

YouTube as a research engine: keyless search, video intel, resilient transcripts, demand signals.

- Trust score: 82/100 (high trust)
- Change this week: +3
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-09-21

## Components

- npm · `tubescout`: 82/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/not0lucky-tubescout/tubescout.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/not0lucky-tubescout/tubescout)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `tubescout`
- Version: `0.1.1`
- Transport: `stdio`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-09-21.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 98/100
  - No malware found by supply-chain analysis.
  - No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.
  - No install/post-install scripts declared.
  - 31 of 99 dependencies flagged as unhealthy.
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 45/100
  - Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL.
  - Provenance check failed: no build-provenance attestation is published.
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 24 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 80/100
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 564 tokens (~94/item across 6 items; 6 tools + 0 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 83/100
  - Stability observed for 25 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 6 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 6 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### How do I install the io.github.not0lucky/tubescout MCP server?

io.github.not0lucky/tubescout runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y tubescout. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add not0lucky-tubescout -- npx -y tubescout
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "not0lucky-tubescout": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "tubescout"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "not0lucky-tubescout": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "tubescout"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add not0lucky-tubescout -- npx -y tubescout
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "not0lucky-tubescout": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "npx",
        "-y",
        "tubescout"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add not0lucky-tubescout --command npx --arg -y --arg tubescout
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  not0lucky-tubescout:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "tubescout"]
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "not0lucky-tubescout": {
      "Transport": "stdio",
      "Command": "npx",
      "Arguments": [
        "-y",
        "tubescout"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add not0lucky-tubescout -t stdio -c npx -a -y tubescout
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "not0lucky-tubescout": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "tubescout"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-09-19 (score 82, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 73 to 77. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 22 days of observed history at the previous scan, 23 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-17 (score 81, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 67 to 70. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 20 days of observed history at the previous scan, 21 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-15 (score 80, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 60 to 63. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 18 days of observed history at the previous scan, 19 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-13 (score 79, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 53 to 57. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 16 days of observed history at the previous scan, 17 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-11 (score 78, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 47 to 50. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 14 days of observed history at the previous scan, 15 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-09 (score 77, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 40 to 43. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 12 days of observed history at the previous scan, 13 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-07 (score 76, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 33 to 37. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 10 days of observed history at the previous scan, 11 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-09-04 (score 75, +4)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.27

## MCP tools (6)

### `search_videos` (~131 tokens)

Search YouTube videos

Search YouTube for videos (no API key). Returns id, title, channel, published, views, duration, snippet per hit. Use filters to narrow: uploadDate for recency, sortBy view_count to find what performs.

Input parameters:

- `duration` (string): short <4min, medium 4-20min, long >20min
- `maxResults` (integer): Max hits to return (default 15)
- `query` (string, required): Search query
- `sortBy` (string): Result ordering (default relevance)
- `uploadDate` (string): Only videos uploaded within this window

### `get_video` (~77 tokens)

Get video intel

Full metadata + engagement for one video: title, channel, publish date, views, likes, likesPer1kViews (resonance signal, typical range 10-50), category, keywords, description, hasCaptions.

Input parameters:

- `video` (string, required): Video ID or any YouTube URL (watch, youtu.be, shorts)

### `get_transcript` (~119 tokens)

Get video transcript

Fetch a video's transcript as clean plain text. Resilient: tries InnerTube, then the timedtext caption track, then local yt-dlp if installed. Long transcripts are chunked — check totalChars and call again with offsetChars to continue.

Input parameters:

- `language` (string): Preferred caption language code (default 'en')
- `maxChars` (integer): Chunk size (default 60000)
- `offsetChars` (integer): Character offset to resume a chunked transcript
- `video` (string, required): Video ID or any YouTube URL

### `get_transcripts` (~86 tokens)

Get transcripts for multiple videos

Batch transcript fetch (max 10 videos, 3 at a time). Per-video failures don't kill the batch — failed entries carry an error field. Each transcript is truncated to fit; use get_transcript with offsetChars for full text of long ones.

Input parameters:

- `language` (string): Preferred caption language code (default 'en')
- `videos` (array, required): Video IDs or URLs

### `get_channel_videos` (~76 tokens)

Scan a channel

Channel metadata (name, subscribers, description) plus its recent uploads with views — enough to read a channel's strategy, cadence, and what performs.

Input parameters:

- `channel` (string, required): Channel ID (UC…), @handle, or channel URL
- `maxVideos` (integer): How many recent videos to return (default 20)

### `get_search_suggestions` (~75 tokens)

Get YouTube search suggestions

YouTube's autocomplete for a seed term — a direct read on real search demand. Use for keyword research: seed a niche term, get what people actually type. Chain suggestions of suggestions to map a topic space.

Input parameters:

- `query` (string, required): Seed term, e.g. 'stamp identifier' or 'n8n'

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/not0lucky-tubescout/tubescout#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-09-21: 82
- 2026-09-20: 82
- 2026-09-19: 82
- 2026-09-18: 81
- 2026-09-17: 81
- 2026-09-16: 80
- 2026-09-15: 80
- 2026-09-14: 79
- 2026-09-13: 79
- 2026-09-12: 78
- 2026-09-11: 78
- 2026-09-10: 77
- 2026-09-09: 77
- 2026-09-08: 76
- 2026-09-07: 76
- 2026-09-06: 75
- 2026-09-05: 75
- 2026-09-04: 75
- 2026-09-03: 71
- 2026-09-02: 71
- 2026-09-01: 71
- 2026-08-31: 71
- 2026-08-30: 71
- 2026-08-29: 71
- 2026-08-28: 71
- 2026-08-27: 56

## Common questions

### What is the io.github.not0lucky/tubescout MCP server?

io.github.not0lucky/tubescout is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.not0lucky/tubescout. YouTube as a research engine: keyless search, video intel, resilient transcripts, demand signals. This page covers its npm package (tubescout).

### Is the io.github.not0lucky/tubescout MCP server safe to use?

io.github.not0lucky/tubescout scores 82 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 21 September 2026. It declares no install or post-install scripts. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

### What tools does the io.github.not0lucky/tubescout MCP server expose?

io.github.not0lucky/tubescout exposes 6 tools: search_videos, get_video, get_transcript, get_transcripts, get_channel_videos, get_search_suggestions. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 564 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Is the io.github.not0lucky/tubescout MCP server still maintained?

io.github.not0lucky/tubescout is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 21 September 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

### What licence is the io.github.not0lucky/tubescout MCP server under?

io.github.not0lucky/tubescout declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.

## Links

- npm package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/tubescout
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/npm/package/tubescout
- Repository: https://github.com/not0lucky/tubescout
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/not0lucky-tubescout/tubescout.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/not0lucky-tubescout/tubescout.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/not0lucky-tubescout/tubescout