# Algrow MCP Server > Connect Algrow's YouTube intelligence to Claude via MCP. ## Tools ### Search - search_shorts_channels: Find competitors and similar Shorts channels with AI search, filters, and growth metrics - search_longform_channels: Find competitors and similar Longform channels with monetization status and duration filters - search_viral_videos: Find viral videos or similar videos by video_url or text query across Shorts and Longform with view and upload filters - search_by_thumbnail: Find thumbnails by visual similarity or niche/topic — for competitive research, thumbnail analysis, or finding thumbnail styles - search_terminated_channels: Search terminated/deleted YouTube channels with metadata and growth metrics at time of termination - search_terminated_by_thumbnail: Search terminated/deleted channel videos by visual thumbnail similarity — same as search_by_thumbnail but searches the terminated archive ### Workspace - list_folders: List the user's saved folders with channel counts - create_folder: Create a new folder for organizing saved channels - rename_folder: Rename an existing folder - delete_folder: Delete a folder and unsave every channel in it (destructive — confirms first) - get_folder: Get all channels in a folder with live 24h growth metrics - save_channels: Save one or more channels to a folder by channel ID - unsave_channel: Remove a channel from the user's saved set - move_channel: Move a saved channel from one folder to another ### Alerts - list_alerts: List all the user's active alerts (paused and unpaused) - create_alert: Create a growth alert on a channel, folder, or saved search — fires once a night when threshold is crossed - pause_alert: Pause an alert without deleting it - unpause_alert: Resume a previously paused alert - delete_alert: Permanently delete an alert and its history - get_triggered_alerts: Get the user's alert inbox — returns alerts that fired since last check ### Resolvers - resolve_handle: Resolve a YouTube @handle to a stable channel ID (for use with save_channels) - resolve_url: Resolve a YouTube channel or video URL to a stable channel ID (for use with save_channels) ### Generation - list_voices: Browse ElevenLabs and Stealth TTS voices - generate_tts: Generate text-to-speech audio with hosted URL output - get_tts_job_status: Check TTS generation job status - list_tts_jobs: List recent TTS jobs - clone_voice: Clone a voice from an audio sample using the Stealth voice engine - delete_voice: Delete a cloned Stealth voice - generate_image: Generate AI images from text prompts with optional reference images - generate_video: Generate AI videos from text prompts (Sora, Kling, Veo, Grok) - remove_captions: Remove captions and watermarks from a video - remove_sora_watermark: Remove the Sora watermark from a video ### Utility - scrape_youtube: Scrape video data, transcripts, and comments from any YouTube channel or video - read_transcript: Fetch full transcript text for a YouTube video using the transcript_url from scrape_youtube results - health_check: Check API health and view current job counts ## Setup ```bash claude mcp add algrow --transport http https://mcp.algrow.online/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer your-api-key-here" ``` Or add to `.mcp.json`: ```json { "mcpServers": { "algrow": { "type": "http", "url": "https://mcp.algrow.online/mcp", "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer your-api-key-here" } } } } ``` ## Docs - Full docs: https://algrow.online/mcp/docs - Full docs for LLMs: https://algrow.online/mcp/llms-full.txt - REST API docs: https://algrow.online/api/docs