Hookami Anywhere —
your YouTube MCP in ChatGPT & Claude
Use Hookami's YouTube research — Trend Vision, outlier-ranked video discovery, and live news — straight inside ChatGPT, Claude, and any MCP app. No tab-switching. One MCP server address, and Sensei's YouTube intelligence answers where you already work.
One address, every AI app
https://mcp.hookami.com/mcpCreate Hookami as a developer-mode plugin in ChatGPT, or add it as a custom connector in Claude. Sign in with your Hookami account when prompted — no token to paste. Works with any active Hookami account: free accounts get the always-open radar plus 3 Deep Dives per 30-day window; paid plans are unlimited.
Prefer it on GitHub? The connect guide and plugin icon live at github.com/mariustoicescu/hookami-mcp.
What travels with you
A suite of read-only tools powered by Hookami's live YouTube intelligence — the same signal Sensei uses inside Hookami.
Sensei Guidance
Sensei's operating guide — hands the host model Hookami's strategy playbook before it answers.
Trending Keywords
What's rising right now in Hookami's curated creator pool, globally or by category.
Trend Intelligence
The full strategic picture for a topic: dominant angles, driver videos, and fresh signals.
Related Keywords
Adjacent topics and angles connected to the keyword you are exploring.
Keyword Stats
Raw popularity numbers for a keyword across tracked videos and channels.
Keyword Timing
Lifecycle stage — early, rising, peaking, or cooling. Answers "is it too late?"
Video Examples
Real performing videos for a topic — titles, channels, views, performance, and links.
Fresh News & Sources
Recent press and RSS coverage around a topic, for grounding claims in current facts.
YouTube Algorithm Guide
How Browse, Suggested, CTR, and retention actually interact — Hookami’s distilled reference.
Hookami Product Guide
What each Hookami tool does, so the model can point you to the right one.
ElevenLabs v3 Voice Guide
Prompt and audio-tag guidance for writing and optimizing ElevenLabs v3 voiceovers.
Set it up in two minutes
ChatGPT — Developer mode
- You need a ChatGPT account and an active Hookami account. If Developer mode is unavailable, ask your workspace admin to enable it.
- Open ChatGPT Settings → Security and login and turn on Developer mode.
- Open Settings → Plugins → Browse plugins and press the + button.
- Complete New Plugin: icon — download it below; name Hookami; description Live YouTube trend intelligence and creator strategy from Sensei by Hookami.; connection Server URL with the address above; authentication OAuth. Do not change Advanced OAuth settings.
- Accept the custom MCP warning and press Create.
- Sign in to Hookami and press Allow.
- Start a new chat and type
@Hookami, or select Hookami from the + menu, then ask normally — for example: What's trending in gaming right now?
@Hookami, then select Hookami from the list. You can also press + and choose Hookami — look under More if it is not immediately visible. Once Hookami appears beside your prompt, ask normally. ChatGPT may choose installed plugins automatically when relevant, but @Hookami makes sure this request uses Hookami.Claude (claude.ai & Desktop)
- You'll need an active Hookami account. Custom connectors work on every Claude plan — Claude's free plan allows one custom connector.
- In claude.ai — or the Claude Desktop app, same place — open Customize → Connectors, press +, and choose Add custom connector.
- Give it a name and paste the connector address above. Leave the optional OAuth fields exactly as they are.
- Click Add — a Hookami window opens. Sign in if asked, then press Allow.
- Open a new chat, switch the connector on in the tools menu, and just talk — the connector follows you to claude.ai, Desktop, and mobile.
Claude Code & CLI tools for developers
- Create a developer token in Settings → Integrations.
- Register the connector:claude mcp add --transport http hookami https://mcp.hookami.com/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer hk_mcp_YOUR_TOKEN"
- Confirm with
claude mcp list, then ask away.
Security, in plain words
- You approve access once through OAuth — your Hookami password never touches ChatGPT or Claude.
- Every tool is read-only. The connector can research for you; it can never change your account or content.
- Disconnect any time from the host app. Details in our Privacy Policy.
Questions, answered
Is Hookami Anywhere a YouTube MCP server?
Yes. Hookami Anywhere is a remote MCP (Model Context Protocol) server focused on YouTube intelligence — trending keywords, trend lifecycles, outlier video discovery, video examples with performance data, and live news — served from Hookami's tracked creator dataset to ChatGPT, Claude, or any MCP-compatible client.
Which plan do I need?
Any active Hookami account can connect — including free accounts. Free includes the always-open radar (trending, keyword stats, fresh news) plus 3 Deep Dives per 30-day window and one limited preview; paid plans get unlimited access to every tool.
Which apps does it work with?
ChatGPT (with Developer mode), claude.ai, the Claude Desktop app, Claude Code, and any MCP-compatible client. Add it once in claude.ai and it follows you to Desktop and mobile automatically.
Is my data safe?
You sign in with your Hookami account through OAuth — there are no passwords or tokens to paste into the chat app. Every tool is read-only: the connector can look things up for you, it can never change anything in your workspace. Disconnect it any time from the host app’s settings; developer tokens can be revoked in Hookami under Settings → Integrations.
What does the AI see?
Only the results of the tools it calls for your question — trends, keywords, video examples, news. Your conversation with ChatGPT or Claude is governed by their terms, not ours; Hookami only sees the tool requests.
Take Hookami everywhere you think
Already a member? Your connector is waiting in Settings → Integrations.
