# GovTube

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

- name: us.govtube/govtube
- version: 0.1.0
- connection class: R0 (autonomous)
- trust: 83/100 flags: no-repository
- quality: 100/100 (strong)
- owner: not claimed
- descriptor: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/us.govtube%2Fgovtube
- tools: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/us.govtube%2Fgovtube/tools

**An agent can connect right now, no human step.** Remote endpoint, no authentication, reachable on the last probe.

## Connection (mcpServers)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "govtube": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.govtube.us/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```


## Trust

- hygiene: 80
- liveness: 100
- freshness: 100
- provenance: 55
- drivers: +dns-namespace +website +reachable +uptime-100% +updated-7d-ago -no-repository
- Derived from observable signals (official registry feed and our own credential-free probes); no code audit performed.

## Quality 100/100 (strong)

### protocol: 100 (weight 25)

- pass `protocol.modern`: supports 2026-07-28 (server/discover)
- pass `protocol.stateless`: answers without a session
- pass `protocol.transport`: streamable HTTP
- pass `protocol.list_ttl`: tool list is cacheable (ttlMs 3600000)

### authorization: n/a (weight 15)

- n/a `auth.prm`, `auth.as_metadata`, `auth.cimd`: no remote uses OAuth
- n/a `auth.secret_in_url`: no templated URL

### tool hygiene: 100 (weight 30)

- pass `tools.descriptions`: every tool has a description
- pass `tools.description_length`: descriptions are concise
- pass `tools.schemas`: every tool has an object input schema
- pass `tools.annotations`: 7 of 7 tools declare readOnlyHint or destructiveHint
- pass `tools.directory_hints`: every tool declares readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint and openWorldHint
- pass `tools.token_cost`: about 2,804 tokens to load every tool
- pass `tools.api_dump`: tools are not a one-to-one API dump

### stability: n/a (weight 15)

- n/a `stability.changes`, `stability.rug_pull`: tool history recorded for 6 of the 7 days needed

### dependencies: n/a (weight 15)

- n/a `deps.known_vulns`, `deps.mcp_sdk_version`, `deps.resolvable`: no npm or PyPI package

- tools: 7, about 2,804 tokens to load them all
- tool set hash: f12d97f65f8c86da508065fb44f220a5
- tools last changed: 2026-10-19T03:18:52.759Z
- badge: [![protogrid quality](https://protogrid.dev/badge/us.govtube/govtube.svg)](https://protogrid.dev/servers/us.govtube/govtube)
- Checks run on what our credential-free, read-only probes observe; tools are never called and no code audit is performed.

### Tool changes

- 2026-10-19 `govtube_get_coverage` changed (outputSchema)
- 2026-10-18 `govtube_list_sessions` changed (outputSchema)
- 2026-10-18 `govtube_resolve_citation` changed (outputSchema)
- 2026-10-18 `govtube_list_video_instances` changed (outputSchema)
- 2026-10-18 `govtube_search_instances` changed (outputSchema)
- 2026-10-16 `govtube_get_video` changed (outputSchema)
- 2026-10-16 `govtube_list_video_instances` changed (outputSchema)
- 2026-10-16 `govtube_search_instances` changed (outputSchema)
- 2026-10-16 `govtube_list_sessions` changed (description, inputSchema)
  - before: The indexed sessions (videos and official transcripts), newest first, one page at a time: title, date, source, length, words, whether it plays, and how many speakers are confirmed.
  - after: 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, whether it plays, and how many speakers are confirmed. `total` matches govtube_get_coverage's counts for the same source.
- 2026-10-16 `govtube_list_sessions` changed (inputSchema)

Full history: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/us.govtube%2Fgovtube/changes

## Remotes

- https://api.govtube.us/mcp (streamable-http, auth none, reachable true, uptime30d 1)

## Packages

_none_

## Tools (7)

- `govtube_get_coverage`: 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 sessions use
        govtube_list_sessions.
- `govtube_get_transcript_window`: 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 official transcripts without timing (timing_granularity "document"): read those at the
        result's document_url, or resolve the citation for the surrounding turns.
- `govtube_get_video`: Metadata, speakers, playback asset and the rights and use restrictions of the video's source.
- `govtube_list_sessions`: 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, whether it plays, and how many speakers
        are confirmed. `total` matches govtube_get_coverage's counts for the same source.
- `govtube_list_video_instances`: 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. With detail="full", `instances` also lists every instance of the page one by one.
        
- `govtube_resolve_citation`: 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 `certifies` saying what is
        (and is not) certified.
- `govtube_search_instances`: 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 instances merged), each
        passage listing its instances with citation id and share_url. `notes` and `more_passages` say what else
        there is: use `next_cursor` for more videos, govtube_list_video_instances for the rest of one video, and
        detail="full" for larger pages. White House transcripts have no timing (`timing_granularity` "document",
        null times, a `position` and a `document_url`).