search_youtube
Search YouTube and return top results (title, channel, views, published). Use for video-content research or competitor monitoring. Example call: {"query": "machine learning crash course"} Cost: $0.005–$0.05 USDC on Base per call.
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What search_youtube does on GoCreative Agent API
AI agents call search_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.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
query | string | Yes |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why search_youtube is rated Low
This is a straightforward search/retrieval operation that queries public YouTube data and returns read-only results. The cost mechanism is a usage fee (pay-per-call), not a financial transaction initiated by the tool itself. The tool performs no write, execute, destructive, or financial operations on external systems or user data. Confidence is high because the description clearly delineates retrieval-only behavior.
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'Search YouTube and return top results (title, channel, views, published)' — retrieves and queries public YouTube metadata with no side effects. No creation, modification, deletion, code execution, or financial transaction occurs.
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The rule that runs search_youtube safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and GoCreative Agent API, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For search_youtube, this is the rule to start with:
search_youtube 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 GoCreative Agent API, apply this rule, and every search_youtube call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about search_youtube
Search YouTube and return top results (title, channel, views, published). Use for video-content research or competitor monitoring. Example call: {"query": "machine learning crash course"} Cost: $0.005–$0.05 USDC on Base per call. It is categorised as a Read tool in the GoCreative Agent API MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
search_youtube accepts 1 parameter: query. Required: query. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the GoCreative Agent API MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for search_youtube: 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 GoCreative Agent API. Nothing to install.
search_youtube 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 search_youtube 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 search_youtube. 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.
search_youtube is provided by the GoCreative Agent API MCP server (https://api.gocreativeai.com/mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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