Claude
Connect TubeLab to Claude and turn it into your YouTube research assistant.
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
1. Open connectors in Claude
Go to claude.ai/settings/connectors and click "Add custom connector".
2. Add TubeLab
- Set the name to TubeLab
- Set the MCP server URL to:
https://public-api.tubelab.net/mcp3. Connect to TubeLab
- Click on Connect
- You'll be redirected to TubeLab's login page
- Log in with your TubeLab account (Google or Magic Link)
- A consent screen appears — click Approve to grant Claude access
- You're redirected back to Claude with TubeLab connected
4. Enable always allow
Click Configure on the TubeLab connector and toggle "Always allow". This lets Claude use TubeLab's tools without asking for permission each time.
Done. TubeLab is now available in every Claude conversation.
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 11 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 |
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.