MCP server

GovTube Official

us.govtube/govtube

Checked 28 Oct 2026, 09:03 UTC · Connected to it and listed its tools

Search what U.S. officials said on camera, with timestamps and citations. Not a government site.

Website

At a glance

Type

MCP server

Publisher

govtube.us (verified by the MCP Registry)

Status

Working at last check

Tools

7

Token cost

About 3,130 tokens per request

Sets up in

Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, VS Code, Antigravity, ChatGPT, OpenAI API, Grok

Last checked

28 Oct 2026, 09:03 UTC

Connect it to your agent

Add to CursorAdd to VS CodeVS Code Insiders

Opens the app, which shows the server and asks you to confirm. For other apps, copy the setup below.

Claude Code

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

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, and paste the URL.

Codex (config.toml)

[mcp_servers.govtube]
url = "https://api.govtube.us/mcp"

Gemini CLI

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

Cursor

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

VS Code

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

Antigravity

agy mcp add govtube https://api.govtube.us/mcp

ChatGPT

Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced settings: turn on Developer mode, then Create a connector and paste the URL. Which plans can do this varies.

OpenAI API (Responses tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"govtube","server_url":"https://api.govtube.us/mcp","require_approval":"always"}

Grok (xAI API tools)

{"type":"mcp","server_label":"govtube","server_url":"https://api.govtube.us/mcp"}

Tools

• govtube_get_coverage ~134 tokens
  Totals for the whole index, video and official transcripts counted apart: video sessions, hours and words transcribed; official transcripts (text, no timing); each source; date ranges, last update, items awaiting review and known gaps. Cite this with any count. For the list of sessio
• govtube_get_transcript_window ~304 tokens
  Return speaker turns overlapping [start_ms, end_ms] with their text, for checking context. A turn with cluster null and speaker "No speaker label" holds words no voice was found for. The words are as heard; don't attribute them to a neighbouring speaker. Not available for o
• govtube_get_video ~96 tokens
  Metadata, speakers, playback asset and the rights and use restrictions of the video's source.
• govtube_list_sessions ~604 tokens
  Every indexed item, one page at a time: video sessions and official transcripts (White House transcripts, Congressional Record speeches, one item per speech). Newest first; on the same day, video sessions before official transcripts. Each has title, date, source, length, words, wheth
• govtube_list_video_instances ~600 tokens
  Page through one video's matches by passage, in time order. A passage is a run of instances whose excerpts overlap, shown as one quote. `offset` and `limit` count passages; `next_offset` is null on the last page. `passage_count` and `instance_count` cover the whole video. Wi
• govtube_resolve_citation ~190 tokens
  Check that a cited instance still says the quoted words after corrections, and return its context. The result has a share_url to link. gd2./gd1. ids cite words in an official transcript: the result has positions instead of times, citation_text to paste, document_highlight_url, and `
• govtube_search_instances ~1202 tokens
  Find spoken instances of words or a phrase across official videos and White House transcripts. Returns one small page: counts for the whole result, then up to 5 videos (newest first, or most instances first with sort="most_instances"), each with up to 3 passages (quotes; overlapping

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• Website monitoring
• Government and public data

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