How to connect Youtube to Muse

Connect Muse to Youtube MCP. List your most recent uploaded videos, get subscriber count for your channel, and more using natural language, with authentication handled for you.

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YouTube is a leading video-sharing platform for uploading, streaming, and discovering content. It empowers creators and businesses to reach global audiences and monetize their work.

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Introduction

Muse is Meta's AI assistant. It can connect to outside tools through custom connectors, which use the Model Context Protocol (MCP).

This guide explains how to connect Youtube to Muse using Composio Connect, which handles OAuth, token refresh, and reliability so you do not have to. You add Composio as a custom connector once, then ask Muse to work with Youtube in plain language.

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Why use Composio?

  • Cross-app workflows across 1,500+ apps from a single plugin layer.
  • On-demand tool loading so Muse only loads the tools needed for the current task.
  • Programmatic tool calling through a remote workbench for complex, multi-step workflows.
  • Multi-account support so users can connect and switch between multiple accounts for the same app.
  • Shared account access so teams or agents can work through common business accounts and service connections.
  • Managed authentication with OAuth handling, credential storage, and token refresh managed by Composio.
  • Safer credential handling so app credentials stay outside the model context and tool responses.
  • User-level account isolation so actions run against the correct connected account instead of mixing user access.

Connecting Youtube to Muse

You add Composio to Muse once as a custom connector, then connect Youtube from the chat.

1. Ask Muse to connect to Composio

Start a new Muse chat and send this message. Muse builds the connector and shows a button to add your API key.

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Create a Custom Connector for the Composio remote MCP server and connect to it:
- Name: Composio
- Transport: remote streamable HTTP
- URL: https://connect.composio.dev/mcp
- Auth: API key sent in the x-consumer-api-key header
Open the secure credentials store so I can enter the API key there, not in this chat. Then list its tools to confirm the connection works.

2. Copy your API key

Open the Muse page in your Composio dashboard and copy your API key. It starts with ck_.

Don't paste it into the chat. It goes in Muse's secure credentials store in the next step.

3. Add your API key in the secure credentials store

Tap the button Muse shows to open Add custom connector, paste your API key, then tap Add. Muse lists the Composio tools once it connects.

Muse secure credentials store with the connect.composio.dev URL, an API Key field, and the Add button

4. Connect your Youtube account

Back in the chat, ask Muse to connect to Youtube or give it any Youtube task.

For example, ask it to:

  • "List your most recent uploaded videos"
  • "Get subscriber count for your channel"
  • "Search YouTube for trending tutorials"

It will prompt you to authenticate and authorize access.

That's it. Composio's tools are now available in Muse, and your Youtube account is ready to use.

What is the Youtube MCP server, and what's possible with it?

The YouTube MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your YouTube account. It provides structured and secure access to your channel, videos, playlists, comments, captions, and channel details, so your agent can upload videos, manage playlists, moderate comments, update thumbnails, and review channel information on your behalf.

  • Video publishing: Have your agent upload supported video files to your YouTube channel and publish new content.
  • Playlist management: Let the agent create playlists, update their titles, descriptions, or privacy settings, and add videos to them.
  • Comment engagement: Direct your agent to list video comments, post new comments, reply to viewers, or update existing responses.
  • Comment moderation: Instruct your agent to change the moderation status of comments and help manage conversations on your videos.
  • Channel and video details: Have your agent review channel information and statistics, list caption tracks for videos, and set custom thumbnails from image links.

Way Forward

Now that Youtube is connected, extend your setup by connecting the other apps you already use every day, so Muse can run true cross-app workflows end to end.

  • Connect Calendar to turn threads into scheduled meetings automatically.
  • Connect Slack or Teams to post summaries, approvals, and alerts where your team works.
  • Connect Notion, Linear, Jira, or Asana to convert requests into tickets, tasks, and docs.
  • Connect Drive, Dropbox, or OneDrive to fetch, file, and share attachments without manual steps.

Start with one workflow you do repeatedly, then keep adding apps as you find new handoffs. With everything behind a single connection, Muse can coordinate multiple tools safely and reliably in one conversation.

Troubleshooting

1. Why doesn't Muse show a button to add my API key?

Muse shows the button only when you ask it to open the secure credentials store.

  • Start a new chat.
  • Send the message from step 1 exactly as written.
  • If Muse asks for the key in the chat, do not paste it. Ask Muse to open the secure credentials store.

2. Why does the Composio connection fail after I add my API key?

The key or the connector settings are not correct.

  • Copy the full key from the Composio dashboard. It starts with ck_.
  • Make sure the URL is https://connect.composio.dev/mcp and the header is x-consumer-api-key.
  • Remove the Composio connector in Muse settings, then do steps 1 to 3 again.

3. Why doesn't Muse use the Composio tools for Youtube?

Muse may not pick the Composio connector for the request.

  • Ask Muse to list its Composio tools.
  • Name Composio and Youtube in your request, for example: Use Composio to connect to Youtube.
  • If it still does not work, start a new chat and try again.

4. Why does Muse ask me to connect Youtube again?

Your Youtube connection expired or was removed.

  • Open the link Muse gives you and sign in to Youtube again.
  • Check that the Youtube connection shows as ACTIVE in the Composio dashboard.

5. What do I do if I pasted my API key into the chat?

Treat the key as exposed.

  • Create a new API key in the Composio dashboard and delete the old one.
  • Add the new key in Muse's secure credentials store, not in the chat.
TOOLS & TRIGGERS

Supported Tools and Triggers

Every Youtube action and event your agent gets out of the box.

Add Video to Playlist

Tool to add a video to a playlist by inserting a playlist item.

Insert Channel Section

Tool to create a new channel section for the authenticated user's YouTube channel.

Insert Comment Reply

Tool to create a reply to an existing YouTube comment.

Create Playlist

Tool to create a new YouTube playlist on the authenticated user's channel.

Delete Channel Section

Tool to delete a YouTube channel section.

Delete Comment

Tool to delete a YouTube comment owned by the authenticated user or channel.

Delete Playlist

Tool to delete a YouTube playlist owned by the authenticated user/channel.

Delete Playlist Item

Tool to delete a playlist item (remove a video from a playlist).

Delete Video

Tool to delete a YouTube video owned by the authenticated user/channel.

Get Channel Activities

Gets recent activities from a YouTube channel including video uploads, playlist additions, likes, and other channel events.

Get channel ID by handle

Retrieves the YouTube Channel ID for a specific YouTube channel handle.

Get Channel Statistics

Gets detailed statistics for YouTube channels including subscriber counts, view counts, and video counts.

Video Details Batch

Retrieves multiple YouTube video resource parts in a single batch call.

Get Video Rating

Retrieves the ratings that the authorized user gave to a list of specified videos.

List captions

Retrieves a list of caption tracks for a YouTube video.

List Channel Sections

Tool to retrieve channel sections from YouTube.

List channel videos

Lists videos from a specified YouTube channel.

List Comments

List individual comments from YouTube videos.

List Comment Threads

Tool to retrieve comment threads from YouTube videos or channels matching API request parameters.

List I18n Languages

Returns a list of application languages that the YouTube website supports.

List I18n Regions

Tool to retrieve a list of content regions that the YouTube website supports.

List Live Chat Messages

Tool to list live chat messages for a specific chat.

List Playlist Images

Tool to retrieve playlist images associated with a specific playlist.

List Playlist Items

Tool to list videos in a playlist, with pagination support.

List Super Chat Events

Lists Super Chat events for a channel, showing supporter purchases during live streams.

List user playlists

Retrieves playlists owned by the authenticated user, implicitly using mine=True.

List user subscriptions

Retrieves the authenticated user's YouTube channel subscriptions, allowing specification of response parts and pagination.

List Video Abuse Report Reasons

Tool to retrieve a list of abuse report reasons that can be used to report abusive videos on YouTube.

List Video Categories

Tool to list YouTube video categories that can be associated with videos.

Download YouTube caption track

Downloads a specific YouTube caption track, which must be owned by the authenticated user, and returns its content as text.

Multipart upload video

Uploads a video to YouTube using multipart upload in a single request.

Post Comment on Video

Tool to post a new top-level comment on a YouTube video.

Rate Video

Tool to add a like or dislike rating to a YouTube video, or remove an existing rating.

Report Video for Abuse

Tool to report a YouTube video for containing abusive content.

Search YouTube

Searches YouTube for videos, channels, or playlists using a query term, returning the raw API response.

Set Comment Moderation Status

Tool to set the moderation status of one or more YouTube comments.

Subscribe to channel

Subscribes the authenticated user to a specified YouTube channel, identified by its unique `channelId` which must be valid and existing.

Unsubscribe from channel

Tool to unsubscribe the authenticated user from a YouTube channel by deleting a subscription.

Update caption track

Updates a YouTube caption track's metadata such as name, language, or draft status.

Update channel

Updates a channel's metadata including branding settings and localizations.

Update Channel Section

Tool to update an existing YouTube channel section by ID.

Update Comment

Tool to modify the text of an existing YouTube comment.

Update Playlist

Tool to modify an existing YouTube playlist's metadata (title, description, privacy status).

Update Playlist Item

Tool to modify a playlist item's properties such as position or note.

Update thumbnail

Sets the custom thumbnail for a YouTube video using an image from a URL.

Update video

Updates metadata for a YouTube video identified by videoId, which must exist; an empty list for tags removes all existing tags.

Upload video

Uploads a video from a local file path to a YouTube channel; the video file must be in a YouTube-supported format.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Yes. Muse supports custom connectors that use the Model Context Protocol (MCP). Composio connects as one custom connector over remote streamable HTTP at https://connect.composio.dev/mcp, and gives Muse access to Youtube and 1,500+ other apps.

Copy it from the Composio dashboard. It starts with ck_. Enter it only in Muse's secure credentials store, never in the chat.

Yes. Composio supports multiple connected accounts for the same app. Give each Youtube connection a name, such as work or personal, and tell Muse which one to use.

Tokens, keys, and configuration are encrypted at rest and in transit. Your Composio API key stays in Muse's secure credentials store, not in the chat or the model context. Composio is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant.

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