Two ways to read YouTube in Claude
Both put YouTube in Claude chat. Skills live in your repo and need updates. Tubask is hosted MCP with OAuth and works in Cursor too.
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Tubask or a Claude video skill?
Video skills are DIY project files you maintain. Tubask is hosted MCP: OAuth once, three tools, works in Cursor and ChatGPT too.
3 summaries · 25 searches · about 5 minutes
Tubask MCP
Streamable HTTP · OAuth
tubask.app/mcp
Cursor · Claude · ChatGPT
Claude video skill
.claude/skills/
watch-video/
SKILL.md
scripts/Two different paths
Same goal — YouTube in chat — but very different ops.
Today
A Claude video skill lives in your repo. When YouTube APIs or Claude change, you patch the skill yourself. It only works in Claude.
With Tubask
Tubask is a hosted MCP server with OAuth and three stable tools. Paste one URL in Cursor, Claude, or ChatGPT — no skill repo to maintain.
Side by side
Compare setup, maintenance, and where each option works.
Clients
Tubask
Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT, Windsurf
Claude video skill
Claude only
Setup
Tubask
Paste MCP URL, OAuth once
Claude video skill
Install skill repo, configure keys
Maintenance
Tubask
Tubask handles updates
Claude video skill
You patch when APIs change
Tools
Tubask
3 focused tools
Claude video skill
Varies by skill author
Which path fits you?
Tubask
You paste YouTube links often and want search, summaries, and quotes without maintaining a skill repo.
Claude video skill
You only use Claude, want no hosted dependency, and you'll update the skill yourself.
More context
Common questions
Start with one link.
3 summaries · 25 searches. No credit card — you'll know from the first reply.
About 5 minutes to connect Claude or Cursor