Grok MCP for YouTube research

Add vidIQ as a custom MCP connector and Grok answers with real YouTube data: channel stats, keyword search volume, competitors, breakout videos, and transcripts.

Connect vidIQ to Grok

Grok YouTube MCP Setup

How to connect vidIQ to Grok

Add vidIQ as a custom MCP connector, sign in with your vidIQ account, then enable it in any Grok conversation where you want YouTube data. It works on every vidIQ plan, including Free, with no API key or local server.

  1. 1Go to grok.com/connectors, select New Connector, then choose Custom.
  2. 2Paste the vidIQ MCP server URL shown here. If Grok asks for a name, use vidIQ, then add the connector.
  3. 3When Grok asks you to authorize the connector, sign in with your vidIQ account.
  4. 4Start a new conversation with vidIQ enabled and ask a YouTube question, such as "Use vidIQ to find breakout videos in [niche]."

MCP server URL

https://mcp.vidiq.com/mcp

On Grok Business or Enterprise, a team admin must provision the connector in the xAI cloud console first.

Connect vidIQ to Grok Build

Run this command in your terminal. Grok Build opens your browser so you can sign in with vidIQ. Add --scope project to save it in the project's .grok/config.toml, and run grok mcp doctor vidiq to check the connection.

grok mcp add --transport http vidiq "https://mcp.vidiq.com/mcp"
Prompt Library

Grok prompts for YouTube creators

Copy a prompt, replace the [placeholders] with your niche, topic, or channel, and paste it into your AI tool with vidIQ connected.

vidIQ MCP Credits & Tools

52 tools and counting

46 core tools below, plus 6 free utility tools

  • keyword_research

    Find keywords your competitors are sleeping on

  • outliers

    Spot videos that blew up for a reason

  • generate_clips

    Turn a long video into vertical clips

  • generate_thumbnail

    Generate a thumbnail from a prompt

  • generate_titles

    Generate high-CTR title ideas

  • subscriber_insights

    Find your best time to post and who else your fans watch

  • video_transcript

    Read any video without watching it

  • trending_videos

    See what formats are blowing up right now

Plus 6 free utility tools: credits balance, your connected channels, async job tracking, voice library, and feedback. Tool calls draw from your vidIQ plan’s shared credit pool.

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Bring real YouTube data into Grok

Set up Grok MCP with vidIQ in four steps, sign in, and ask one question about your channel, a competitor, or a keyword. Then use the answer to plan your next video.

Connect vidIQ to Grok

Also works with Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Perplexity, OpenClaw, Codex, Gemini CLI and any MCP-compatible tool. Available on every vidIQ plan, including Free.