Claude

Connect your TubeLab account to Claude and it becomes your YouTube research assistant — searching channels, finding viral videos, pulling transcripts — all within your chat.

Setup

TubeLab is an official Claude connector, so there's nothing to configure — just connect it.

1. Open TubeLab in Claude's directory

Go to claude.ai/directory/tubelab and click Connect to Claude.

Prefer the long way? In Claude, go to Settings → Connectors → Discover and search for TubeLab.

2. Approve access

TubeLab's login page opens
Log in with your TubeLab account (Google or Magic Link)
On the consent screen, click Approve

Done. TubeLab is now available in every Claude conversation.

Bonus: skip the permission prompts

By default Claude asks before every tool call. To avoid that, go back to Settings → Connectors, click TubeLab, open Tools, select Custom... and set everything to Always Allow. Claude then uses TubeLab's tools seamlessly, without interrupting you.

Workflows

TubeLab comes with pre-built research workflows you can launch directly from any chat. Click the + icon in the chat input, then Connectors → Add from TubeLab and pick one:

Workflow	What it does
Niche Research	Discovers unsaturated, high-demand niches with real monetization potential
Niche Analysis	Analyses a specific niche: saturation, what's working, content gaps, viability
Channel Analysis	Builds a tactical playbook for a channel: strengths, weaknesses, competitor intel, ideas
Trend Report	Finds what's trending in a niche: winning patterns, title formulas, actionable insights
Video Ideation	Generates concrete video ideas backed by real outlier data, tailored to your channel

You provide the inputs, Claude handles the rest — orchestrating multiple TubeLab tools behind the scenes to deliver a complete analysis.

You can also skip templates and ask Claude anything directly:

"Search for cooking channels with over 100K subscribers"
"Get me the transcript of this video: dQw4w9WgXcQ"
"What are the top comments on this video?"
"Find channels similar to @mkbhd"
"What viral videos are there about home automation this month?"
"How many credits do I have left?"

Tools

Once connected, Claude has access to 12 TubeLab tools:

Tool	What it does	Cost
`search_channels`	Search YouTube channels by keyword with filters (subscribers, views, language, monetization, etc.)	`5 credits`
`search_related_channels`	Find channels similar to a given channel	`5 credits`
`search_outliers`	Find viral or underperforming videos across YouTube by keyword	`2 credits`
`search_related_outliers`	Find outlier videos from channels similar to a given channel	`2 credits`
`search_trending_formats`	Find trending title templates extracted from outliers	`1 credit`
`get_channel`	Get info about a YouTube channel (accepts ID, URL, or @handle)	`free`
`get_channel_videos`	Get recent videos from a channel	`free`
`get_channel_shorts`	Get recent Shorts from a channel	`free`
`get_video`	Get detailed info about a specific video	`free`
`get_video_transcript`	Get the transcript/captions of a video	`free`
`get_video_comments`	Get top comments from a video	`free`
`get_credits_balance`	Check your TubeLab credit balance	`free`

You don't need to call these by name. Just ask Claude what you need in plain language and it picks the right tools automatically.

Good to know

Tools consume your TubeLab credits at the same rate as the TubeLab app or API
Prompt templates are free — credits are only consumed when Claude actually calls a tool
If your session expires, Claude refreshes it automatically — no need to reconnect
Check your balance anytime: "What's my TubeLab credit balance?"

How it works

TubeLab's Claude integration uses MCP (Model Context Protocol) — an open standard that lets AI assistants use external tools directly inside a conversation. When you add TubeLab as a connector, Claude can call TubeLab's API on your behalf without you writing any code or leaving the chat.

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