GovTube MCP

An MCP server providing read-only access to the GovTube archive, allowing AI assistants to search for spoken instances by U.S. officials in video and transcript data. It supports querying by speaker, date, and source, retrieving video metadata, transcripts, and citations with timestamps.

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No sign-inEndpoint checked 2026-10-18Operated by GovTube

MCP endpoint (Streamable HTTP)

https://api.govtube.us/mcp

Vendor documentation

What you can do with it

Search for specific quotes by U.S. officials in video archives
Retrieve video metadata and playback assets
Get transcript segments within specific time windows
Resolve citations to check status and context

Tools advertised by the last live check:

govtube_search_instances
govtube_list_video_instances
govtube_get_transcript_window
govtube_get_video
govtube_resolve_citation
govtube_get_coverage
govtube_list_sessions

Connect from your client

Each snippet registers the same endpoint; pick the client you use.

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Claude Code

Run this once in a terminal. It registers a Streamable HTTP server. Use --scope project to write .mcp.json for the repo.

Claude Code configuration

claude mcp add --transport http govtube-mcp https://api.govtube.us/mcp

Codex

Run this once. Codex stores MCP servers in ~/.codex/config.toml (or .codex/config.toml in a trusted project).

Codex configuration

codex mcp add govtube-mcp --url https://api.govtube.us/mcp

Cursor

Merge this server into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, then enable govtube-mcp in your MCP settings.

Cursor configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "govtube-mcp": {
      "url": "https://api.govtube.us/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Cline

Merge this into cline_mcp_settings.json (Cline → MCP Servers → Configure). The type must be streamableHttp for a remote HTTP server.

Cline configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "govtube-mcp": {
      "type": "streamableHttp",
      "url": "https://api.govtube.us/mcp",
      "disabled": false
    }
  }
}

VS Code

Merge this server into .vscode/mcp.json. Use MCP: List Servers to start govtube-mcp and inspect its tools.

VS Code configuration

{
  "servers": {
    "govtube-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.govtube.us/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Gemini CLI

Run this once. It writes .gemini/settings.json in the current project; pass --scope user for ~/.gemini/settings.json.

Gemini CLI configuration

gemini mcp add --transport http govtube-mcp https://api.govtube.us/mcp

Claude Desktop

Merge this into claude_desktop_config.json (macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\), then restart Claude Desktop.

Claude Desktop configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "govtube-mcp": {
      "url": "https://api.govtube.us/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

Merge this into ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json, then refresh MCP in Cascade. Windsurf remote servers use serverUrl, not url.

Windsurf configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "govtube-mcp": {
      "serverUrl": "https://api.govtube.us/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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