YouTube Analytics in Claude and ChatGPT

YouTube Analytics MCP server for Claude and ChatGPT: channel, videos and traffic sources

Opus Growth connects YouTube Analytics to Claude or ChatGPT next to the ad accounts you already manage there.

  • Official Google sign-in, no API key
  • Read-only access to channel analytics
  • Every channel on the account in one place
ClaudeOpus Growth connected
Which of our videos should we make more of?

Figures in these pictures belong to a sample business, Kiln Studio. The steps, previews and approvals are how Opus Growth really works.

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Is there an official YouTube MCP server?

No. As of October 2026 Google does not publish an MCP server for YouTube or YouTube Analytics, and the YouTube servers on GitHub are community projects you install and authorize yourself, often with your own API key. Opus Growth is a hosted connector: add its address in Claude, or install its published ChatGPT plugin at https://chatgpt.com/plugins/plugin_asdk_app_6ac905faf95c81919457910ac9ebd99a, then sign in with Google. It has read-only access to the channel's analytics, and the same chat reaches the Google Ads campaigns that run on YouTube.

It reads each channel with subscribers and total views, the overview for a period with views, watch time, average view duration, subscribers gained and lost, likes, comments and shares, the most-watched videos, and where the channel's views came from: YouTube search, suggested videos, external sites, playlists, Shorts or subscriptions. Everything here is read-only. YouTube ads are bought through Google Ads, where Demand Gen campaigns that run on YouTube can be created and existing video campaigns read, budgeted and paused from the same conversation.

Google's own MCP server
  • Not offered by Google for YouTube (checked October 2026)
  • Community servers usually run locally with your own Google Cloud project or API key
  • The YouTube Data and Analytics APIs themselves are official
Opus Growth
  • Hosted, nothing to install, one Google sign-in
  • Read-only: the channel cannot be changed from chat
  • Channel analytics next to Google Ads, GA4 and Search Console
Your assistant: Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor. Opus Growth. YouTube channel: YouTube. Same connection: Google Ads, Google Analytics, Meta Ads, TikTok Ads, Search Console, Business Profile.

What you can do with the YouTube MCP server

Each picture below is a real kind of request and the kind of answer Opus Growth gives inside Claude or ChatGPT.

Channel numbers without opening Studio

Subscribers, total views and video count for every channel on the connected account, then views, watch time, average view duration, subscribers gained and lost, likes, comments and shares for whatever period you ask about. It answers the question you actually have rather than making you assemble it from a dashboard.

ChatGPTOpus Growth connected
How did Kiln Studio do in the last 28 days compared with the 28 before?

Which videos earn the watch time

The most-watched videos for a period with views, watch time and averages. Watch time matters more than view count for what YouTube shows next, and it is the number people skip because the view count is easier to find.

ClaudeOpus Growth connected
Which videos earned the most watch time this quarter?

Where the channel's views come from

Views and watch time by traffic source across the channel: YouTube search, suggested videos, external sites, playlists, Shorts, subscriptions. A channel carried by suggestions behaves differently from one carried by search, and the two need different follow-ups.

ChatGPTOpus Growth connected
Where did the channel's views come from last month?

Organic and paid in one conversation

Because YouTube sits next to Google Ads, Meta, Microsoft Advertising, TikTok, LinkedIn and ChatGPT Ads in the same chat, you can compare what your channel earns organically against what your video campaigns pay for, without exporting anything.

ClaudeOpus Growth connected
Compare the channel's organic views with the Demand Gen campaign promoting it.

YouTube ads live in Google Ads

Ads on YouTube are bought through Google Ads, and that side is manageable here: create a Demand Gen campaign that runs on YouTube, read existing video campaigns, change budgets and bidding, pause what underperforms, each write previewed before it applies.

ChatGPTOpus Growth connected
Create a Demand Gen campaign for the glaze test video, $300 a day, paused until I check it.

Read-only, by design

The YouTube connection reads. It does not upload, edit, delete or publish. Nothing about your channel changes because you asked a question about it.

What this connection does
YouTube · Kiln Studio
Channel, overview and top videosRead
Traffic sourcesRead, whole channel
Upload, retitle or delete videosDone in YouTube StudioNot available
Read-only access is what the Google sign-in asks for, so nothing on the channel can change from chat.

YouTube tools your assistant can use

These are the jobs the connection covers in YouTube. Your assistant picks the right one from your question.

Channel

  • Channels with subscribers, total views and video count
  • Views and watch time for any period
  • Subscribers gained and lost

Videos

  • Most-watched videos
  • Watch time and average view duration per video
  • Likes, comments and shares for the channel

Traffic sources

  • YouTube search and suggested videos
  • External sites, playlists and Shorts
  • Views and watch time per source

YouTube ads

  • Demand Gen campaigns that run on YouTube
  • Budgets, bidding and status of video campaigns
  • Results next to organic views

How to connect YouTube to Claude and ChatGPT

One address, one sign-in, and your first answer arrives in the same chat.

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YouTube MCP prompt examples

Copy any of these into Claude or ChatGPT. The assistant reads your account and prepares the answer.

How did my YouTube channel do over the last 30 days?

Which videos earned the most watch time last month?

Where did my channel's views come from last month: search, suggested videos or external sites?

Compare my organic YouTube views with my video campaign spend

Has my subscriber growth changed since the campaign started?

Your channel stays exactly as it is.

The YouTube connection only reads analytics. It cannot upload, retitle, delete or publish, and it does not touch comments. Changes to YouTube ads happen in Google Ads, where every write is previewed first.

  • Reading changes nothing

    Channel, overview, top videos and traffic sources are reports, nothing more.

  • No uploads, edits or deletes

    Videos, titles, playlists and comments are managed in YouTube Studio.

  • Ads are previewed

    Google Ads campaigns that run on YouTube are created and changed only after a preview.

  • New campaigns start paused

    A Demand Gen campaign created from chat stays paused until you turn it on.

ClaudeOpus Growth connected
Delete the old studio tour and retitle the glaze test.

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YouTube MCP: frequently asked questions

Each channel with subscribers, total views and video count; for a period, views, watch time, average view duration and percentage, subscribers gained and lost, likes, comments and shares; the most-watched videos with views and watch time; and traffic sources for the channel, showing how viewers found its videos. Traffic sources are reported for the whole channel, not per video.

No. The YouTube connection is read-only. It does not upload, retitle, delete or publish anything, and it does not touch comments. If you want a change on the channel, you make it in YouTube Studio.

YouTube ads are bought through Google Ads, not through the YouTube account itself. From the same conversation you can create Demand Gen campaigns, which run on YouTube, and read, budget, bid and pause existing video campaigns, with a preview before every write.

No. YouTube is part of the same connection as Google Ads, Search Console, Analytics, Tag Manager and Business Profile. One connector, one plan.

Because a view can be three seconds. Watch time reflects whether people stayed, and it is closer to what the recommendation system responds to. A video with fewer views and much higher watch time is usually the better one to make more of.

Not directly from YouTube data, which reports views and watch time rather than conversions. What you can do in the same chat is compare periods against your ad and analytics data to see whether channel activity lines up with the results you care about.

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Read your YouTube channel, your ad accounts and your analytics in one conversation. Free to start, no card.