# lookup_youtube

Get YouTube video metadata (title, channel, views, likes, duration, transcript availability) by video id. Use for video research or content-rec agents. Example call: {"video_id": "dQw4w9WgXcQ"} Cost: $0.005–$0.05 USDC on Base per call.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `lookup_youtube`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-colinhughes2121-gocreative-agent-api/lookup-youtube

## Facts

- Tool: `lookup_youtube`
- Server: GoCreative Agent API (`https://api.gocreativeai.com/mcp`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-colinhughes2121-gocreative-agent-api.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/https://api.gocreativeai.com/mcp
- Risk category: Read (Low risk)
- Registry record: grade D, identity unverified
- Server auth posture: open
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 1 (1 required)
- Recommended policy verdict: Allowed

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `video_id` | string | yes |  |

Parameters from the server's own tool schema.

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

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "lookup_youtube",
    "arguments": {
      "video_id": "<video_id>"
    }
  }
}
```

## Why lookup_youtube is rated Low

This is a pure data retrieval operation with no side effects. It queries public YouTube video information and returns metadata without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. The tool has minimal blast radius—misuse would only result in excessive API calls incurring costs, not data corruption or unauthorized actions.

From the tool's own definition: "Tool retrieves YouTube video metadata (title, channel, views, likes, duration, transcript availability) by video_id with no modification capability. Description explicitly states 'Get' and 'for video research', indicating read-only information retrieval."

## Use case

AI agents call lookup_youtube to retrieve information from GoCreative Agent API without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Allowed**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches GoCreative Agent API:

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "lookup_youtube": {}
  }
}
```

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