GovTube

us.govtube/govtube · v0.1.0 · ai-and-media

GovTube is healthy: it completed an MCP handshake in 1187 ms and exposes 7 tools.

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

Endpoint: https://api.govtube.us/mcp (streamable-http)

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Last checked (UTC)2026-10-16T20:55:39.890Z

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Tools (7)

govtube_search_instancesFind 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
govtube_list_video_instancesPage 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_get_transcript_windowReturn 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_videoMetadata, speakers, playback asset and the rights and use restrictions of the video's source.
govtube_resolve_citationCheck 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_get_coverageTotals 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_list_sessionsEvery 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