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Copilot Studio How to use YouTube with Copilot Studio
You want YouTube inside Copilot Studio so it can research videos for a topic, find the original source video, build a watchlist from search results, and verify video references — without you copy-pasting between tabs. Here is the whole setup, once.
Create your YouTube gateway
The gateway is the thing Copilot Studio connects to, and it is where you decide which YouTube tools an agent may use. You create it once and every client reuses it.
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Create an Arcade account
Sign up and open the dashboard. The free tier is enough to follow this through.
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Create an MCP Gateway and select your YouTube tools
In the dashboard, create a gateway and pick the YouTube tools you want to expose. The gateway is what your client connects to, and it is where tool access is decided.
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Copy your gateway URL
Every client below needs it.
https://api.arcade.dev/mcp/<YOUR-GATEWAY-SLUG>
Connect the gateway to Copilot Studio
Needs a Microsoft 365 subscription with access to Copilot Studio, plus an Arcade API key.
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Add an MCP tool to your agent
In Copilot Studio, open your agent → Tools → Add a tool → Model Context Protocol → New tool.
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Point it at your gateway
Give the server a name and description, put your gateway URL in Server URL, set Authentication to OAuth 2.0 and Type to Dynamic discovery.
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Authorize and try it out
Saving redirects you to Arcade to approve access. Then start a conversation and use your YouTube tools — Arcade authorizes each service just in time.
Full Copilot Studio guide in the docs steps verified 2026-08-13
Try these YouTube prompts
Copilot Studio can now act on your YouTube account. Click a prompt to copy it.
Keep the agent limited to searching for videos and reading video details with a shared API key. Pair it with Contextual Access policies so the agent can inspect videos without access to other services or actions.
