VidNavigator for n8n

VidNavigator MCP integration for n8n. Search, analyze, and transcribe videos directly in your workflows, plus run any VidNavigator MCP tool dynamically.

Homepage: https://vidnavigator.com

Installation

In n8n:

• Settings → Community Nodes → Install → enter n8n-nodes-vidnavigator.

Self-hosted via Docker (example mount):

• Ensure the package is available in the container under /root/.n8n/custom or install from the UI above.

Credentials

App: VidNavigator API

Fields:

• Base URL: https://api.vidnavigator.com/mcp/
• Token: your VidNavigator API key (Bearer token)

How to get an API key:

1. Go to https://vidnavigator.com and sign up
2. Click the user icon → DevTools
3. Create an API key. Copy it

Operations

• Analyze Video: Summarize or answer a question about a YouTube video
• Get Video Transcript: Return the transcript for a video
• Answer Follow-Up Question: Ask a follow-up question about a video
• Transcribe Video (Non-YouTube): Transcribe a non-YouTube video URL
• Search Videos: Find relevant videos with filters
• Run MCP Tool (Dynamic): Select any tool from VidNavigator MCP (loaded via tools/list) and provide JSON arguments
• Custom Request: Make a custom HTTP request to the MCP endpoint

Notes:

• Dynamic tool discovery uses the MCP tools/list endpoint and calls tools via tools/call.
• Arguments for dynamic tools are provided as a JSON object.

Examples

Run MCP Tool (Dynamic):

• Tool: analyze_video
• Arguments:

{"video_url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImT_k6EcMks","analysis_type":"summary"}

Search Videos:

• Query: n8n tutorial
• Optional: Start Year, End Year, Focus, Max Results

Analyze Video:

• Video URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImT_k6EcMks
• Analysis Type: summary or question
• Question (only if Analysis Type = question)

Compatibility

• Requires Node.js 20+
• Works with recent n8n versions (1.x)

If you plan to use this node as a Tool in n8n AI Agents, ensure your instance allows tool usage for community packages. For some setups this may require an environment flag such as N8N_COMMUNITY_PACKAGES_ALLOW_TOOL_USAGE=true.

Local development

Clone, install, build:

npm install
npm run build

For a Docker-based n8n dev setup, ensure the built dist/ is mounted into /root/.n8n/custom/n8n-nodes-vidnavigator and start n8n.

Publish

1. Lint and build:

npm run lint
npm run build

2. Publish to npm:

npm publish

3. Submit to the n8n Community Nodes for marketplace listing.

License

MIT