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Build your own YouTube MCP server

Started by an event in a connected app. It calls services over plain HTTP rather than through connectors. 15 steps, 1 branch: a working afternoon to understand properly.

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15 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
1Branch: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
0Services by connector: it calls them over plain HTTP

The flow

Starts it 2Model 3Logic 6Service 4

The steps in the order they run, from what starts it.

  1. 1When Executed by Another WorkflowExecute Workflow triggerStarts it
  2. 2Youtube TranscriptsTool WorkflowModel
  3. 3Youtube SearchTool WorkflowModel
  4. 4Usage ReportTool WorkflowModel
  5. 5OperationSwitchLogic
  6. 6Apify Youtube MCP ServerMcp triggerStarts it
  7. 7Apify Youtube SearchHttp RequestService
  8. 8Apify Youtube TranscriptsHttp RequestService
  9. 9Get Usage MetricsHttp RequestService
  10. 10Simplify Search ResultsSetLogic
  11. 11Simplify Transcript ResultsSetLogic
  12. 12Get Usage LimitsHttp RequestService
  13. 13Aggregate Search ResultsAggregateLogic
  14. 14Aggregate Transcript ResultsAggregateLogic
  15. 15Simplify Usage MetricsSetLogic

How it's built

Starts on
An event in a connected app
Steps
15, with 1 branch
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Nothing by connector; it calls services over plain HTTP
Model
None. This is plumbing, not judgement

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on an event in a connected app.

Does it use AI?

No. Every step is fixed logic or a call to a service, so it does the same thing every time.

How long does it take to set up?

Plan an afternoon. 15 steps is enough that you should read each one before running it.

How do I import it?

Copy the workflow, open a new workflow in n8n and paste. The steps appear on the canvas, ready for your own accounts.

Before you run it

Nothing here has been tested by us. It is somebody's working automation, read and described from its own steps. Treat the connections it wants as a list of accounts it will touch, and read the 15 steps before you point it at anything that matters.