Summary
The video that is no longer on YouTube.
Ordinary video search only sees what is currently up. An index that goes back to 2005 answers the harder question — what was actually in that deleted video — and hands back the transcript, not just the title.
What it is
An MCP server for Archivarix Tube Search, an index of YouTube videos going back to 2005. Because it is an archive rather than a live search, videos that have been taken down are still findable, with their metadata, thumbnails and subtitles.
What you get
- Full-text search across video titles and descriptions
- Every archived video from a given channel
- Metadata for a video by ID, and its status change history
- Transcripts returned as readable plain text
- AI summaries read, generated on demand, or browsed by tag, channel or language
- Your current API usage and limits
Requirements
An API key from tube.archivarix.net, passed on the launch command or set as TUBE_API_KEY. Run it with npx tube-search-mcp; there is nothing to install.
Setup effort
One command plus a key — npx tube-search-mcp --api-key tsk_YOUR_KEY, then supply credentials