OpenClaw YouTube MCP, powered by vidIQ

Connect vidIQ as a remote MCP server so your OpenClaw agents can pull YouTube channel stats, keyword volume, competitors, and video transcripts during a run.

Connect vidIQ to OpenClaw

OpenClaw YouTube MCP Setup

How to add the vidIQ MCP server to OpenClaw

The vidIQ MCP server gives OpenClaw agents 50+ tools, from YouTube channel stats and keyword volume to competitor lookups and video transcripts. Add it as a remote MCP server, sign in with your vidIQ account, then probe the connection before your next agent run.

  1. 1Run openclaw mcp add with the vidIQ server URL, the streamable-http transport, and --auth oauth. OpenClaw saves vidIQ under mcp.servers in ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json. You can also add it from Settings, then MCP in the Control UI.
  2. 2Run openclaw mcp login vidiq and sign in with your vidIQ account in the browser. Signing in is what lets you approve edits to videos you own.
  3. 3Run openclaw mcp doctor vidiq --probe to confirm OpenClaw connects and lists the vidIQ tools. Then ask an agent a YouTube question.

OpenClaw CLI

openclaw mcp add vidiq \
  --url "https://mcp.vidiq.com/mcp" \
  --transport streamable-http \
  --auth oauth
openclaw mcp login vidiq
openclaw mcp doctor vidiq --probe

Only need read-only access? Create an API key in vidIQ Account Settings, add VIDIQ_API_KEY=your-key to ~/.openclaw/.env, and replace --auth oauth with --header 'Authorization: Bearer ${VIDIQ_API_KEY}'.

Prompt Library

OpenClaw prompts for YouTube research

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.

OpenClaw YouTube MCP questions, answered

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Give your OpenClaw agents real YouTube data

Run three commands to connect the vidIQ YouTube MCP server to OpenClaw, then give your next agent run real channel, keyword, and competitor data to work with.

Connect vidIQ to OpenClaw

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