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Control YouTube search, videos and playlists with MCP

Started by an event in a connected app. It calls services over plain HTTP rather than through connectors. 21 steps: large, and worth reading before you trust it with anything live.

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21 stepsLarge: read it before trusting it with anything live
0Branches: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
0Services by connector: it calls them over plain HTTP

The flow

Starts it 1Service 20

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

  1. 1Search YouTube VideosYou Tube ToolService
  2. 2List My Channel VideosYou Tube ToolService
  3. 3Fetch Video DetailsYou Tube ToolService
  4. 4Update YouTube VideoYou Tube ToolService
  5. 5Rate YouTube VideoYou Tube ToolService
  6. 6Delete YouTube VideoYou Tube ToolService
  7. 7Get Channel ProfileYou Tube ToolService
  8. 8Fetch My Channel DetailsYou Tube ToolService
  9. 9Create YouTube PlaylistYou Tube ToolService
  10. 10List My PlaylistsYou Tube ToolService
  11. 11Retrieve PlaylistYou Tube ToolService
  12. 12Update Playlist DetailsYou Tube ToolService
  13. 13Delete YouTube PlaylistYou Tube ToolService
  14. 14List Playlist VideosYou Tube ToolService
  15. 15Add Video to PlaylistYou Tube ToolService
  16. 16Remove Video from PlaylistYou Tube ToolService
  17. 17List Video CategoriesYou Tube ToolService
  18. 18Fetch Video CommentsHttp Request ToolService
  19. 19Fetch Trending VideosHttp Request ToolService
  20. 20Fetch Channel AnalyticsHttp Request ToolService
  21. 21YouTube Operations TriggerMcp triggerStarts it

How it's built

Starts on
An event in a connected app
Steps
21
Size
Large: read it before trusting it with anything live
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?

Take your time. At 21 steps it is large: read it before trusting it with anything live.

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 21 steps before you point it at anything that matters.