youtube_video
Retrieve video metadata & captions. Returns title, description, stats, and captions for a YouTube video ID.
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What youtube_video does on Crawlora
AI agents call youtube_video to retrieve information from Crawlora without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
id | string | Yes | YouTube video ID (11-char code) |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why youtube_video is rated Low
This tool only queries and returns data (metadata, statistics, captions) from YouTube videos without any side effects, modifications, or further actions. It is a straightforward read operation with minimal blast radius if misused by an AI agent—the worst outcome would be unauthorized data retrieval of public video information.
From the tool's definition The tool retrieves video metadata & captions, with no description indicating modification, deletion, or execution of code/commands. The explicit capabilities are 'Returns title, description, stats, and captions'—all read-only data retrieval operations.
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The rule that runs youtube_video safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Crawlora, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For youtube_video, this is the rule to start with:
youtube_video is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Crawlora, apply this rule, and every youtube_video call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about youtube_video
Retrieve video metadata & captions. Returns title, description, stats, and captions for a YouTube video ID. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Crawlora MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
youtube_video accepts 1 parameter: id. Required: id. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the Crawlora MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for youtube_video: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Crawlora. Nothing to install.
youtube_video is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the youtube_video rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for youtube_video. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
youtube_video is provided by the Crawlora MCP server (crawlora-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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