Bangermap MCP server

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Find YouTube outliers, videos that beat their channel's own baseline, on your own free API key.

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Bangermap tools (4)

write = sends, deletes, buys or posts

Read from the package source without running it. The installed server may list more.

channel_baseline
Report what normal performance looks like for a YouTube channel, as the median views of its recent settled uploads, with subscriber count and upload cadence. Call this when the user asks whether a view count is good for a given channel, or needs a reference point before judging a video. Costs about 5 quota units.
compare_channels
Scan several YouTube channels at once and return the strongest outliers across all of them, each measured against its own channel's baseline. Call this when the user wants to see what is working across a niche or a set of competitors rather than one channel. Costs about 5 quota units per channel.
find_outliers
Rank a YouTube channel's recent uploads by how far each beat that channel's own baseline. Call this when the user wants to know which of a channel's videos overperformed, or wants proven ideas from a specific channel. Runs on the caller's own free YouTube Data API key. Costs about 5 quota units.
sweep_niche
Find channels related to a seed channel through the channels it features, then rank the strongest outliers across all of them. Call this when the user wants to discover channels in a niche they do not already know, rather than analyse ones they named. Costs about 5 quota units per channel found.

Public scan report

scanner v0.1.9 · 2026-09-23 · same rubric, same numbers if you re-run it

no findings

Code scan2 source files scanned25/25
–Live reliabilityno gateway calls yet and no remote to proben/a
–Tool poisoningtools not inspected (local package is not executed); not countedn/a
Auth qualitystatic API keys via environment variables6/15
Maintenancelast push 44 days ago12/15
Maintainer identityregistry namespace matches repository owner7/10

Overall 77/100. Components that don't apply are left out of the denominator. Any critical finding is an F.Rubric Appeal a finding JSON

How Bangermap compares

Against every graded Media MCP server, from our own scans and uptime checks. Updated after each scan run.

Safety score: 77/100; higher than 50% of 1,337 Media servers
Tools: 4; the typical Media server has 7
Tools that change things: 0%; typical: 4%. Fewer write tools means less an agent can break
Downloads a week: 33; more than 17% of 365 Media servers with a package

What its tools let an agent do: 4 read

Install Bangermap in Claude Code, Cursor or VS Code

Runs npx -y bangermap-mcp on your machine. Read the scan report first; the gateway never runs local packages.

claude mcp add bangermap-mcp -- npx -y bangermap-mcp

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What the publisher says

From the Bangermap repository's README, as published. We do not edit it. Read it on GitHub

Bangermap integrations

YouTube outlier research as installable pieces, each running on your own free YouTube Data API key.

An outlier is a video that beat its own channel's normal performance. A 10x on a small channel is a stronger signal than a million views on a channel that always gets a million, because it is proof an idea worked without an audience behind it. Everything here measures that, and nothing here meters you.

Quick start

Get a free YouTube Data API key from the Google Cloud console, which is two screens and no billing details. Enable YouTube Data API v3, create an API key, and keep it to hand.

Claude Code, one command.

claude mcp add bangermap --env YOUTUBE_API_KEY=your-key -- npx -y bangermap-mcp

Claude Desktop, in claudedesktopconfig.json.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bangermap": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "bangermap-mcp"],
      "env": { "YOUTUBE_API_KEY": "your-key" }
    }
  }
}

Any other MCP client works the same way. The server speaks stdio, needs only YOUTUBEAPIKEY in its environment, and starts with no key at all if you just want to inspect its tools.

Then ask for what you want

The tools are written to be picked by an agent from a plain request, so these all work as typed.

Which of MrBeast's recent uploads overperformed?
Is this video an outlier? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...
What is a normal view count for @veritasium?
Compare @mkbhd and @mrwhosetheboss, who is having the better month?
Find channels like @mkbhd and show me what is working across them right now.

The four tools

Every channel argument takes a channel URL, an @handle, a channel id, or the URL of any video on that channel.

A free key carries 10,000 units a day, so roughly 1,100 channel scans.

The skill

The server does the arithmetic. The skill teaches the method, what a baseline is, how to read a multiple, why age changes the answer, and when one outlier is noise. It follows the open Agent Skills format, so it works in any client that reads skills.

In Claude Code, this repo is a plugin marketplace.

/plugin marketplace add AdesiaHQ/bangermap-integrations
/plugin install youtube-outlier-research@bangermap

Also here

The server reads src/lib, the scoring engine and YouTube client it shares with the Bangermap app, its free browser tools and the n8n node. One definition of an outlier, four places it runs, so they cannot disagree.

Why bring your own key

Google gives every account a free YouTube Data API key with 10,000 units a day. Reading a channel costs one unit. Tools that resell those calls as credits are charging for something that is free on your own key, and metering it is the only way that business works.

Shortened. The full README is on GitHub.

Nothing above is checked by us. What we check is on the safety report.

Bangermap: common questions

Is Bangermap MCP server safe?: Mostly: it is graded B (77/100). Read the Bangermap safety report
How do I install Bangermap?: It runs on your machine. Copy the Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code or Claude Desktop config from the install section.
Does Bangermap need an API key?: Yes. The registry entry asks for YOUTUBE_API_KEY.
Is Bangermap maintained?: The last commit was 86 days ago (2026-08-10). The latest release is v1.0.3.
What can I use instead of Bangermap?: Servers from other publishers that do the same job: Openshorts MCP server, Youtube Transcript MCP server and Youtube Transcript MCP server.
How does Bangermap compare with other Media MCP servers?: safety score 77/100 (higher than 50% of 1,337 Media servers); tools 4 (the typical Media server has 7); tools that change things 0% (typical: 4%. Fewer write tools means less an agent can break). Full comparison.

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