# set_youtube_watermark

Set (or remove) the BRANDING WATERMARK — the small subscribe badge overlaid on EVERY video on the channel, including ones uploaded later. One generated asset brands the whole channel at once, which is why it is worth doing before a batch of uploads rather than after. YouTube wants a SQUARE image, at least 150x150, under 10MB, and it renders SMALL: a full logo lockup with text will not read at that size. By default it shows for the whole video; timingType offsetFromStart/offsetFromEnd with offsetMs and durationMs narrows it. THE DATA API PUBLISHES NO WAY TO READ A WATERMARK BACK — there is only set and unset — so this reports

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `set_youtube_watermark`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/hermoso/set-youtube-watermark

## Facts

- Tool: `set_youtube_watermark`
- Server: Hermoso (`https://app.hermoso.ai/mcp`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/hermoso.md
- Homepage: git+https://github.com/hermoso-ai/hermoso.git
- Risk category: Write (Medium risk)
- Registry record: grade D, identity unverified
- Server auth posture: gated
- Server CORS policy: *
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 0
- Recommended policy verdict: Rate-limited

## Example call (MCP tools/call, JSON-RPC 2.0)

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "set_youtube_watermark",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
```

## Why set_youtube_watermark is rated Medium

An AI agent can call set_youtube_watermark faster than any human can review: one bad instruction and it creates or modifies resources in Hermoso by the hundred, each call as confident as the last.

Risk signals: Bulk/mass operation — affects multiple targets

## Use case

AI agents use set_youtube_watermark to create or update resources in Hermoso, usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your Hermoso environment.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Rate-limited**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches Hermoso:

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "set_youtube_watermark": {
      "limits": [
        {
          "counter": "set_youtube_watermark_rate",
          "window": "minute",
          "max": 30,
          "scope": "grant"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## Other tools on Hermoso (895)

- `answer_google_business_question` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/hermoso/answer-google-business-question.md
- `apple_ads_change_history` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/hermoso/apple-ads-change-history.md
- `associate_linkedin_conversion_campaigns` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/hermoso/associate-linkedin-conversion-campaigns.md
- `cancel_openai_ads_audience_operation` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/hermoso/cancel-openai-ads-audience-operation.md
- `cancel_scheduled` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/hermoso/cancel-scheduled.md
- `cancel_stripe_subscription` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/hermoso/cancel-stripe-subscription.md
- `clear_sheet_range` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/hermoso/clear-sheet-range.md
- `create_analytics_custom_dimension` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/hermoso/create-analytics-custom-dimension.md
- `create_openai_ads_campaign` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/hermoso/create-openai-ads-campaign.md
- `delete_analytics_key_event` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/hermoso/delete-analytics-key-event.md
- `delete_apple_ads_object` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/hermoso/delete-apple-ads-object.md
- `delete_bluesky_post` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/hermoso/delete-bluesky-post.md
- `delete_brand` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/hermoso/delete-brand.md
- `delete_creator` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/hermoso/delete-creator.md
- `delete_dm_automation` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/hermoso/delete-dm-automation.md
- `delete_drive_file` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/hermoso/delete-drive-file.md
- `delete_google_ads_object` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/hermoso/delete-google-ads-object.md
- `delete_google_business_post` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/hermoso/delete-google-business-post.md
- `delete_instagram_dm_automation` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/hermoso/delete-instagram-dm-automation.md
- `delete_linkedin_ads_object` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/hermoso/delete-linkedin-ads-object.md
- `delete_linkedin_comment` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/hermoso/delete-linkedin-comment.md
- `delete_linkedin_lead_subscription` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/hermoso/delete-linkedin-lead-subscription.md
- `delete_merchant_data_source` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/hermoso/delete-merchant-data-source.md
- `delete_merchant_product` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/hermoso/delete-merchant-product.md
- `delete_messenger_marketing_campaign` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/hermoso/delete-messenger-marketing-campaign.md
- `delete_meta_audience` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/hermoso/delete-meta-audience.md
- `delete_meta_catalog` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/hermoso/delete-meta-catalog.md
- `delete_meta_object` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/hermoso/delete-meta-object.md
- `delete_microsoft_ads_object` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/hermoso/delete-microsoft-ads-object.md
- `delete_microsoft_merchant_product` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/hermoso/delete-microsoft-merchant-product.md
- …and 865 more: https://policylayer.com/tools/hermoso.md

## For agents

This record is a snapshot. Live verdicts and the full registry:

- Check every server in your MCP config at once: `npx -y policylayer stack`
- Vet a server before you add it: install the mcp-precheck skill — `npx skills add https://policylayer.com` (skill text: https://policylayer.com/skill.md)
- Query the registry over MCP: endpoint `https://api.policylayer.com/mcp` — tools `check_mcp_server`, `check_mcp_stack`, `check_tool`, `search_registry`, `get_change_events`

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Source: the PolicyLayer MCP registry — one continuously verified record per MCP server. Full record: https://policylayer.com/registry?q=hermoso · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/hermoso