MCP Resources Reference

Resources provide direct read-only access to data via URI templates. Unlike tools, resources are fetched by the AI client as context without explicit user action.

tube://video/{videoId}

Video metadata as JSON.

tube://video/dQw4w9WgXcQ

Returns the same fields as the get_video tool: title, description, channelId, channelTitle, duration, uploadDate, viewCount, status, thumbnailUrl, subtitleStatus, hasSummary.

tube://channel/{channelId}

Channel information as JSON.

tube://channel/UCuAXFkgsw1L7xaCfnd5JJOw

Returns: channelId, channelTitle, description, subscriberCount, country, channelStatus, videoCount.

tube://subtitles/{videoId}

Transcript as plain text.

tube://subtitles/dQw4w9WgXcQ

Returns the full transcript with timestamps stripped, formatted as readable paragraphs. MIME type: text/plain.

tube://summary/{videoId}

AI-generated summary as JSON.

tube://summary/dQw4w9WgXcQ

Returns: tldr, keyPoints, detailedSummary, tags, language.

tube://tags

Popular summary tags with counts.

tube://tags

Returns a JSON array of tags with usage counts, grouped by language. Cached for 1 hour.

Caching

Resource responses are cached in memory:

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