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Stophy releases.

Product updates, API changes, and improvements to Stophy.

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Auto-refill

3 Added

Save a card and let Stophy top up your credits automatically when your balance runs low, so your agents never stop mid-workflow.

Added

  • Automatic credit top-ups

    Turn on auto-refill to buy a credit pack automatically whenever your balance drops below a threshold you set.

  • Choose your pack and threshold

    Pick which credit pack to buy and the balance that triggers it, all from the billing page.

  • Charged to your saved card

    Refills use the card saved from a previous purchase, so top-ups happen without going through checkout again.

Set up auto-refill →

Live chat

3 Added1 Fixed

You can now pull live-stream chat, stream status, and viewer counts from active YouTube broadcasts.

Added

  • Live chat for active streams

    Read messages from active livestreams through the video endpoint.

  • Top chat or full chat stream

    Choose moderated Top chat or the full live message stream, depending on your workflow.

  • Stream status and viewer counts

    Responses now include stream status and concurrent viewers for easier monitoring and routing.

Fixed

  • Clearer transcript errors for videos without captions

    Transcript requests now return clearer errors for videos without captions, including many live streams.

Read the video docs →

Hosted MCP endpoint

1 Added2 Changed

Stophy now exposes its MCP tools from the hosted API, so compatible clients can connect over Streamable HTTP instead of running a local npm process.

Added

  • Hosted MCP route

    Connect MCP clients to https://api.stophy.dev/v1/mcp and use Stophy tools for search, transcripts, comments, channels, playlists, and credits.

Changed

  • Shared validation and billing

    MCP tools now use the same request schemas, credit metering, refunds, activity logging, and normalized responses as the REST API.

  • MCP-aware rate limiting

    Hosted MCP requests that pass the API key in the path are rate-limited by key instead of being grouped under a shared IP bucket.

Read the MCP docs →

Clearer getting-started pages

3 Changed

Updated the public product pages to make it easier to understand what Stophy does, when to use it, how credits work, and how to get started.

Changed

  • Clearer use cases

    The homepage and FAQ now explain practical use cases for YouTube research workflows, creator research, transcripts, comments, channels, playlists, and agents.

  • Simpler pricing explanation

    Credit packs now describe the type of usage they fit, from side projects to higher-volume apps and agents.

  • Better getting-started content

    The blog and product pages now use clearer examples and more realistic language for building with Stophy.

Account auth and agent onboarding

4 Added1 Changed

Email/password signup, password reset, and email verification are now live. Agents also have a dedicated onboarding path for creating an API key and making their first request.

Added

  • Email/password signup

    Create a Stophy account with an email address and password, without using Google or GitHub OAuth.

  • Password reset

    Reset your password from the login page with a secure email link.

  • Agent onboarding flow

    Agents can use a dedicated onboarding path to create an API key and start making requests from the sign-up page.

  • Terminal login

    Run stophy login --browser to authenticate through your browser and create an API key automatically.

Changed

  • Password changes in settings

    Email/password accounts can now update their password from account settings.

Stophy CLI

2 Added

The Stophy CLI is now available on npm. Use it to search YouTube, get transcripts, read comments, inspect channels, and return JSON from the terminal.

Added

  • CLI package

    Install with npm install -g @stophy/cli and use Stophy endpoints from the terminal. Status output goes to stderr so JSON output remains easy to pipe.

  • Agent skills

    The CLI includes five agent skills for tools that support skill-based workflows, including Claude Code and OpenCode. Install them with npx skills add stophydotdev/cli.

View on npm →

Stophy MCP server

1 Added

The Stophy MCP server is now available on npm. Add your API key and expose Stophy endpoints as tools inside MCP-compatible clients.

Added

  • MCP tools

    Use Stophy search, transcripts, comments, channels, playlists, and credits from an MCP client with npx @stophy/mcp.

View on npm →

API documentation

1 Added

The full API reference is live at docs.stophy.dev, with endpoint parameters, response shapes, authentication, credits, and error handling.

Added

  • API reference

    The docs now cover request parameters, response shapes, error codes, authentication setup, and the credit system.

Read the docs →

Stophy launch

7 Added

Stophy is live with YouTube search, timestamped transcripts, threaded comments, channel data, playlists, API keys, usage tracking, and pay-as-you-go credits.

Added

  • Video search with filters

    Search by keyword with filters for upload date, duration, and sort order. Results return structured JSON for apps, agents, and scripts.

  • Timestamped transcripts

    Get transcripts with per-segment timestamps and language information without building your own transcript parser.

  • Threaded comments

    Fetch paginated comment threads with replies, likes, author metadata, and creator signals for audience research.

  • Channel catalogs and metadata

    Inspect channel profiles, subscriber counts, videos, Shorts, playlists, and about-page details.

  • Playlists and Shorts

    Fetch playlist items by URL and get Shorts from a channel with consistent JSON responses.

  • Dashboard, API keys, and playground

    Manage API keys, review usage, inspect request history, and test endpoints from the built-in playground.

  • Pay-as-you-go credits

    One request uses one credit. Credits do not expire, failed requests are refunded, and new accounts start with 100 free credits.