Marketers and writers
Video to content
“Get the transcript of this video and turn it into a blog post outline with timestamps: <url>”
A structured outline, key quotes and chapter markers.
YouTube data for AI agents
Give your agent YouTube transcripts, comments, channel stats, search results and sponsorship data without managing YouTube Data API quotas. Ideal for research agents, content strategy and creator outreach.
30 YouTube connectorsWorks with
Use cases
What teams build with YouTube data
Ask in plain English. Your AI picks the connectors, runs them and hands back the answer.
Brands and agencies
Sponsorship research
“Which brands sponsored tech channels with 100k–1M subscribers in the last 90 days?”
Sponsors, channels and deal frequency — your competitors' creator strategy.
Partnerships teams
Creator outreach
“Find 30 home-espresso channels growing fast and get their business contact details.”
An outreach list with growth stats and contact emails.
YouTubers and content strategists
Content gap analysis
“What topics are my competitors' outlier videos covering that I haven't made yet?”
Proven video ideas ranked by demand and competition.
Product and community teams
Audience feedback
“Summarise what viewers liked and disliked in the comments on our last product video.”
Themes, sentiment and representative comments.
30 YouTube connectors
Google YouTube DataSearch YouTube via the Data API v3 and return enriched video metadata — title, channel, stats, duration, and thumbnail — for every result.YouTube Brand Mention FinderFind every YouTube creator promoting a brand, domain or promo code - with the sponsor line, affiliate link, discount code, views and subscriber count.YouTube Channel FinderFind YouTube channels by keyword with subscriber, view, and engagement stats, upload cadence, country, emails, and social links — filter by size and activity.YouTube Channel Growth AnalyzerAnalyze any YouTube channel's recent uploads and get growth metrics upload cadence, engagement rate, best posting time, momentum, and shorts share.YouTube Channel ScraperScrape YouTube channel details in bulk from handles or URLs — subscribers, total views, video count, join date, country, upload cadence, emails and social links.YouTube Channel Transcripts ScraperGet transcripts for every video on a YouTube channel or playlist in one run — full text, timestamps, title, views and upload date. Latest, popular or Shorts.YouTube Channel Videos ScraperList every video on a YouTube channel with title, duration, approximate upload date, thumbnail, and direct URL.YouTube Chapters & Timestamps GeneratorGenerate YouTube-ready chapter timestamps, an SEO video description and tags from any YouTube video's transcript. Paste video URLs, copy the chapters.YouTube Comment InsightsAnalyze YouTube video comments into per-video audience insights. Sentiment breakdown, top keywords, requested topics, questions, and complaints.YouTube Comments ScraperScrape YouTube comments and replies from any video with author, channel link, likes, reply count, pinned and hearted flags - or build a de-duplicated commenter lead list.YouTube Community Posts ScraperScrape YouTube community posts from any channel's Posts tab - text, images, polls with vote counts, attached videos, links, likes and comment counts - export to JSON or CSV.YouTube Content Gap FinderCompare your YouTube channel with up to five competitors and get the topics they cover that you do not, ranked by the views those videos pull.YouTube Creator Contact FinderFind a YouTube creator's email, website, Instagram, TikTok, X, Twitch, Facebook, Patreon, and Discord by mining their channel and video descriptions.YouTube Creator Sponsorship IntelligenceQualify YouTube creators using engagement, posting activity, public contacts and sponsorship disclosures.YouTube Email ScraperFind publicly-posted contact emails from any YouTube channel — scans channel descriptions and recent video descriptions in bulk.YouTube Keyword Research ToolExpand any seed keyword into hundreds of real YouTube search suggestions and score each one by competition - result count, top-10 views, freshness and opportunity score.YouTube Live Chat ScraperExtract the full chat from any YouTube livestream or premiere - every message with its author, timestamp, membership badge and Super Chat amount.YouTube Monetization Checker & Earnings EstimatorCheck if any YouTube channel is monetized and estimate its monthly earnings, RPM, views per month, niche and Partner Program eligibility, in bulk.YouTube Music Charts ScraperScrape YouTube Music charts: top songs, top artists, top music videos, trending videos and Shorts songs for 68 countries, with ranks, views and chart history.YouTube Outlier Video FinderFind YouTube videos that got 3x, 10x or 50x more views than their channel usually gets - outlier score, median views and subscribers for any niche.YouTube Playlist ScraperScrape every video in any YouTube playlist with title, position, duration, views, likes, comments, upload date, tags and channel - export to JSON, CSV or Google Sheets.YouTube Rank TrackerTrack where your YouTube videos and channel rank in search for every keyword, by country, with position changes between runs and the top competing videos.YouTube Search ScraperSearch YouTube videos by keyword and scrape title, views, likes, comments, duration, upload date, tags and channel - filter by upload date, length, HD, 4K, subtitles or live.YouTube Shorts Clip FinderTurn any long YouTube video into a ranked list of short-form clips - exact start and end timestamps, the spoken hook, a title, caption and hashtags.YouTube Shorts Hook AnalyzerReverse-engineer why a YouTube Short works: opening hook and hook type, every on-screen text overlay, CTAs, segment structure, cut pacing and transcript.YouTube Shorts ScraperScrape YouTube Shorts by keyword, hashtag, or channel with views, likes, comments, duration, tags, and channel details — export to JSON, CSV, or Sheets.YouTube Similar Channels FinderFind similar and competitor YouTube channels for any seed channel or topic, ranked by topic overlap and audience-size proximity.YouTube Sponsorship & Brand Deal TrackerScan a YouTube channel's recent videos and extract every sponsor, brand deal, affiliate link, and promo code from the descriptions.YouTube Transcript ScraperExtract full transcripts and timestamped captions from any YouTube video in your chosen language and export them as JSON or CSV.YouTube Video SummarizerTurn any YouTube video into a written summary, key takeaways, timestamped chapters, key quotes and an optional blog post draft from its transcript - no watching required.
Connect YouTube data to your AI in under a minute
Pick your tool. Claude and ChatGPT take a single URL; Cursor and VS Code install in one click.
Connect Claude
Web, desktop and mobile. Paste one URL.
- 1Copy your personal connector URL
- 2In Claude open Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector
- 3Paste the URL and click Add — done
YouTube data API — FAQ
Do I need a YouTube API key or developer account?+
No. Sourcelane runs the connectors for you. You top up a balance with a card, create an agent key, and your agent calls the connector — there is no YouTube app review, OAuth setup or rate-limit juggling on your side.
Which AI tools can use it?+
Anything that speaks MCP (Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf) can connect to the Sourcelane MCP server with one config block. ChatGPT can use it through a Custom GPT Action, and any agent framework can call the REST endpoint directly.
Can I stop an agent from overspending?+
Yes. Every agent key has its own per-call cap, daily and monthly limits, an optional lifetime budget, an allowlist of connectors, and a kill switch.