YouTube to Sheets
by rickyyy1116
YouTube to Sheets automates video data collection in Google Sheets—perfect for content creators, marketers, and research
What it does
Searches YouTube videos and automatically saves results (title, URL, channel, publish date) to Google Sheets for easy data collection and analysis.
About
YouTube to Sheets is a community-built MCP server published by rickyyy1116 that provides AI assistants with tools and capabilities via the Model Context Protocol. YouTube to Sheets automates video data collection in Google Sheets—perfect for content creators, marketers, and research It is categorized under search web, productivity.
How to install
You can install YouTube to Sheets in your AI client of choice. Use the install panel on this page to get one-click setup for Cursor, Claude Desktop, VS Code, and other MCP-compatible clients. This server runs locally on your machine via the stdio transport.
License
MIT
YouTube to Sheets is released under the MIT license. This is a permissive open-source license, meaning you can freely use, modify, and distribute the software.
Readme
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is the YouTube to Sheets MCP server?
- YouTube to Sheets is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server profile on explainx.ai. MCP lets AI hosts (e.g. Claude Desktop, Cursor) call tools and resources through a standard interface; this page summarizes categories, install hints, and community ratings.
- How do MCP servers relate to agent skills?
- Skills are reusable instruction packages (often SKILL.md); MCP servers expose live capabilities. Teams frequently combine both—skills for workflows, MCP for APIs and data. See explainx.ai/skills and explainx.ai/mcp-servers for parallel directories.
- How are reviews shown for YouTube to Sheets?
- This profile displays 74 aggregated ratings (sample rows for discoverability plus signed-in user reviews). Average score is about 4.5 out of 5—verify behavior in your own environment before production use.
Use Cases
Web Research & Information Gathering
Fetch and extract information from websites automatically
Example
Research competitor pricing, scrape product reviews, monitor news mentions
Automate 5-10 hours/week of manual web research
Content Monitoring & Alerts
Track website changes, new content, price updates
Example
Monitor competitor blog for new posts, track stock availability, watch for pricing changes
Stay informed without manual checking, never miss important updates
Data Extraction & Aggregation
Extract structured data from multiple websites
Example
Compile product listings from 10 e-commerce sites, aggregate job postings, collect real estate data
Build datasets 100x faster than manual copying
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Ratings
4.5★★★★★74 reviews- ★★★★★Omar Gill· Dec 28, 2024
YouTube to Sheets reduced integration guesswork — categories and install configs on the listing matched the upstream repo.
- ★★★★★Sophia Thomas· Dec 24, 2024
We wired YouTube to Sheets into a staging workspace; the listing’s GitHub and npm pointers saved time versus hunting across READMEs.
- ★★★★★Shikha Mishra· Dec 20, 2024
YouTube to Sheets is a well-scoped MCP server in the explainx.ai directory — install snippets and categories matched our Claude Code setup.
- ★★★★★Omar Patel· Dec 12, 2024
YouTube to Sheets is among the better-indexed MCP projects we tried; the explainx.ai summary tracks the official description.
- ★★★★★Kiara Park· Dec 12, 2024
We evaluated YouTube to Sheets against two servers with overlapping tools; this profile had the clearer scope statement.
- ★★★★★Sakura Thompson· Dec 8, 2024
YouTube to Sheets is a well-scoped MCP server in the explainx.ai directory — install snippets and categories matched our Claude Code setup.
- ★★★★★Sakura Patel· Nov 27, 2024
Useful MCP listing: YouTube to Sheets is the kind of server we cite when onboarding engineers to host + tool permissions.
- ★★★★★Omar Gupta· Nov 23, 2024
Strong directory entry: YouTube to Sheets surfaces stars and publisher context so we could sanity-check maintenance before adopting.
- ★★★★★Yuki Khanna· Nov 23, 2024
I recommend YouTube to Sheets for teams standardizing on MCP; the explainx.ai page compares cleanly with sibling servers.
- ★★★★★Hiroshi Dixit· Nov 19, 2024
We wired YouTube to Sheets into a staging workspace; the listing’s GitHub and npm pointers saved time versus hunting across READMEs.
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