search_videos

What search_videos does on Ncp

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

Why search_videos is rated Low

This tool performs a search operation on YouTube, which is a read-only retrieval of publicly available video data. It has no side effects, does not modify data, execute external operations, or create financial obligations. The low severity reflects minimal risk even if misused by an AI agent, as the worst outcome would be retrieving unwanted search results.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'search_videos' and description 'Search YouTube videos' indicate a query operation that retrieves data without modification or side effects.

The rule that runs search_videos safely

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Ncp, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For search_videos, this is the rule to start with:

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "search_videos": {}
  }
}

Questions about search_videos