YouTube Brand Mention Finder

YouTube

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A YouTube-focused brand mention and sponsorship detection connector that searches for creators who promote a given brand, domain, or promo code and extracts structured signals from video metadata and descriptions. It locates and classifies mentions (sponsorships, affiliate/tracking links, promo codes, generic mentions), unwraps redirection links to reveal destination URLs, extracts promo codes and disclosure text, and computes per-mention video and channel metrics such as view counts, upload date, video duration, channel name and subscriber counts. The connector also offers an aggregated creator mode that consolidates mention counts, sponsored-mention counts, total and average views for a creator’s mentions, and the list of related videos, enabling reverse sponsorship discovery and link/code attribution across channels.

Verified Sep 28, 3:56 AM

$0.01

per brand mention

Up to 100 per call. Only pay for results returned; failed calls are refunded.

What people use it for

Competitor sponsorship tracking — identify which creators a competitor pays and the promo codes or links they distribute
Influencer prospecting — build outreach lists of creators already promoting a brand category
Affiliate program audits — find who is using tracked links and which creators mention a brand without using a link
Campaign verification — confirm sponsored videos and capture the disclosure text used by creators
Brand monitoring — detect use of brand names, domains, and promo codes across YouTube descriptions and links

Trust & reliability

7d uptime trend

Window	Uptime	Success rate	p50	p95
24h	—	—	—	—
7d	—	—	—	—
30d	—	—	—	—

Calling contract

Call it through Sourcelane's gateway or MCP server. We run the connector, apply your agent's spend guardrails, and bill only the results returned.

Call it via Sourcelane

curl -X POST https://api.usesourcelane.com/v1/call \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sl_live_your_agent_key" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"listing":"youtube-brand-mention-finder","params":{"brands":["Squarespace"]},"maxResults":10}'

Request params

Field	Type	Required	Description
`brands`	array	required	What to look for, one per line: a brand name (Squarespace), a domain (athleticgreens.com) or a promo code (NORD20). Each line is searched separately - add your own variants to widen the net.
`maxVideosPerBrand`	integer	optional	How many search results to open and read per brand term. Videos that do not actually mention the brand are dropped, so this is the search depth, not the result count.
`mode`	string	optional	Per-video rows give you every mention; per-creator rows give you an outreach list with each creator's mentions grouped together.
`sponsoredOnly`	boolean	optional	Keep only videos with a sponsor disclosure, an affiliate link or a discount code - drop videos that merely name the brand.
`uploadedWithin`	string	optional	Limit the search to recent uploads - useful for tracking a campaign that is running now.
`sortBy`	string	optional	How YouTube orders the videos that get checked.
`minViews`	integer	optional	Skip videos with fewer views than this. 0 keeps everything.

Each result contains

Field	Type	Description
`brand`	string	Brand
`mentionType`	string	Mention Type
`isLikelySponsored`	boolean	Is Likely Sponsored
`matchedIn`	array	Matched In
`videoId`	string	Video Id
`videoUrl`	string	Video Url
`title`	string	Title
`publishedText`	string	Published Text
`uploadDate`	string	Upload Date
`views`	integer	Views
`durationSeconds`	integer	Duration Seconds
`channelTitle`	string	Channel Title
`channelId`	string	—
`channelUrl`	string	—
`subscribers`	integer	—
`brandLinks`	array	—
`brandPromoCodes`	array	—
`promoCodes`	array	—
`sponsorPhrases`	array	—
`mentionSnippet`	string	—
`scrapedAt`	string	—

Use YouTube Brand Mention Finder from Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor

Pick your tool and connect in under a minute. Then just ask — for example: “Get the transcript of this video and turn it into a blog outline: <url>”

Connect Claude

Web, desktop and mobile. Paste one URL.

1Copy your personal connector URL
2In Claude open Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector
3Paste the URL and click Add — done

Manual setup (config files, REST, Python) +

Claude Code

Adds the Sourcelane MCP server with your key as a header.

terminal

claude mcp add --transport http sourcelane https://api.usesourcelane.com/mcp \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer sl_live_your_agent_key"

Claude Desktop (config file)

Alternative to the connector URL: add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude.

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sourcelane": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://api.usesourcelane.com/mcp",
        "--header",
        "Authorization:${AUTH_HEADER}"
      ],
      "env": {
        "AUTH_HEADER": "Bearer sl_live_your_agent_key"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor & Windsurf

Add to ~/.cursor/mcp.json (or Windsurf's mcp_config.json).

mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sourcelane": {
      "url": "https://api.usesourcelane.com/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer sl_live_your_agent_key"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

Save as .vscode/mcp.json. VS Code prompts for your key once.

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "sourcelane": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.usesourcelane.com/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer ${input:sourcelane-key}"
      }
    }
  },
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "sourcelane-key",
      "description": "Sourcelane agent key",
      "password": true
    }
  ]
}

ChatGPT Custom GPT (Actions)

Create a GPT → Actions → Import from URL, then Authentication: API Key, Bearer.

OpenAPI schema URL

https://usesourcelane.com/openapi.json

REST

One POST. Pass maxResults to cap cost.

curl

curl -X POST https://api.usesourcelane.com/v1/call \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sl_live_your_agent_key" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"listing":"youtube-brand-mention-finder","params":{"brands":["Squarespace"]},"maxResults":10}'

Python, LangChain, CrewAI, OpenAI Agents SDK…

Wrap the REST call as a tool, or point an MCP client at the endpoint.

python

import requests

res = requests.post(
    "https://api.usesourcelane.com/v1/call",
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer sl_live_your_agent_key"},
    json={
        "listing": "youtube-brand-mention-finder",
        "params": {"brands":["Squarespace"]},
        "maxResults": 10,
    },
    timeout=300,
)
body = res.json()
print(body["receipt"]["chargedMicros"], "micro-USD for", body["receipt"]["results"], "results")
print(body["data"])

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