# GovTube

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/govtube-us/  
**Website:** https://govtube.us/  
**APIs profiled:** 1

GovTube is a searchable platform that indexes official U.S. government video content, allowing users to find every instance where a word or phrase was spoken by officials. The service provides free, ad‑free access with citations and playback from any point in the video.

## Kin Score — 23.7 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-11-13 under rubric 0.28.0.

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 56.7 |
| Contract Quality | 52.3 |
| Contract Governance | 22.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 0.0 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 7.1 |
| Access Clarity | 10.6 |

Regulatory layer — **Government & Public Sector**: 4.9 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 24.7 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | documented |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | verified |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | no |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |
| Delegated Identity | no |
| Protected Resource Metadata | no |
| Dynamic Client Registration | no |
| Agentic Commerce | no |
| Pagination Ratio | no |
| Operation Distinctiveness | distinct |
| MCP Tool Quality | na |

## Access

Unknown — onboarding: unknown, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: low).

## APIs (6)

- **GovTube Citations API** — The Citations API from GovTube — 1 operation(s) for citations.
- **GovTube Coverage API** — The Coverage API from GovTube — 1 operation(s) for coverage.
- **GovTube Healthz API** — The Healthz API from GovTube — 1 operation(s) for healthz.
- **GovTube Search API** — The Search API from GovTube — 1 operation(s) for search.
- **GovTube Speakers API** — The Speakers API from GovTube — 1 operation(s) for speakers.
- **GovTube Videos API** — The Videos API from GovTube — 3 operation(s) for videos.

## MCP servers (1)

- **GovTube MCP Server** — Remote MCP server at api.govtube.us.

## Agentic access (1)

- **GovTube Agentic Access** — 8 operations

## Security (1)

- **GovTube Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Tags

Search, Government, Video, Free

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/govtube-us/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.