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# YouTube Research

Comprehensive YouTube content research through SandBase. Search videos and channels, analyze engagement, extract captions for content analysis, and discover trends. Read [the API map](references/sandbase-api-map.md) before selecting a capability.

## Call SandBase capabilities

Use the capability identifiers below as discovery hints, not MCP tool names. Find the matching endpoint with `sandbase_discover(q: "<provider and capability>")`; use its returned `name` in `sandbase_inspect(name: "<returned name>")`. Read `inputSchema`, pricing, and `execute_as`, then call `sandbase_run` using `execute_as.arguments.name` and schema-defined `arguments`. If a `run_id` is returned, poll `sandbase_run_get(run_id: "<returned run_id>")` within the task budget until `completed` or `failed`; report pending or failed runs without resubmitting them automatically.

## Operating principles

- Use YouTube data for content research and competitive intelligence, not for manipulation.
- Preserve attribution: include video URLs, channel names, view counts, and dates.
- Separate metrics (views, likes, comments) from qualitative judgments about content quality.
- Captions are useful for topic extraction but may contain transcription errors.

## Workflow

### 1. Search and discover

Use `youtube_web_v2_general_search` for keyword/topic video discovery.
Use `youtube_web_v2_search_channels` to find channels in a niche.
Use `youtube_web_v2_search_suggestions` for query expansion and trend signals.
Use `youtube_web_v2_shorts_search` for short-form content discovery.

### 2. Analyze videos

Use `youtube_web_v2_video_info` for detailed video metadata and metrics.
Use `youtube_web_v2_video_comments` and `youtube_web_v2_video_comment_replies` for audience sentiment.
Use `youtube_web_v2_video_captions` to extract transcripts for content analysis.
Use `youtube_web_v2_related_videos` to understand recommendation patterns.

### 3. Analyze channels

Use `youtube_web_v2_channel_videos` for a channel's content catalog.
Use `youtube_web_v2_channel_description` for channel positioning.
Use `youtube_web_v2_channel_shorts` for short-form strategy analysis.
Use `youtube_web_v2_channel_community_posts` for community engagement.

## Output

Return: search results summary, top videos with metrics, channel analysis, content patterns, audience sentiment from comments, and trend indicators.

## Example tasks

- "Find the most popular videos about [topic] in the last month."
- "Analyze [channel name]'s content strategy — posting frequency, top performers, topics."
- "Extract the transcript from this YouTube video: [URL]."
- "What are people saying in the comments of [video URL]?"
- "Find YouTube channels covering [niche] with 10K-100K subscribers."

From sandbaseai/sandbase-skills, Apache-2.0.

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