# youtube.playlist_details

Fetch metadata for a public YouTube playlist by playlist id. Returns title, description, creator summary, video and view counts, thumbnails, badges, and last updated timestamps. Cost = 10 tokens.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `youtube.playlist_details`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-vee3io-vee3/youtube.playlist-details

## Facts

- Tool: `youtube.playlist_details`
- Server: Vee3 (`https://mcp.vee3.io/mcp`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-vee3io-vee3.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/Vee3io/vee3
- Risk category: Read (Low risk)
- Registry record: grade F, identity unverified
- Server auth posture: open
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 1 (1 required)
- Recommended policy verdict: Allowed

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `playlist_id` | string | yes | YouTube playlist id (for example PLcirGkCPmbmFeQ1sm4wFciF03D_EroIfr). |

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": "youtube.playlist_details",
    "arguments": {
      "playlist_id": "<playlist_id>"
    }
  }
}
```

## Why youtube.playlist_details is rated Low

This tool performs a simple metadata retrieval operation on a public YouTube resource. It has no side effects, does not modify data, execute code, or trigger external operations beyond fetching. The data retrieved is already public. The blast radius of misuse is minimal — an agent could at worst retrieve metadata for many playlists, which poses no security risk comparable to write, execute, or destructive operations.

From the tool's own definition: "Tool description states 'Fetch metadata for a public YouTube playlist' and returns 'title, description, creator summary, video and view counts, thumbnails, badges, and last updated timestamps' — all read-only retrieval of publicly available data with no…"

## Use case

AI agents call youtube.playlist_details to retrieve information from Vee3 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 Vee3:

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "youtube.playlist_details": {}
  }
}
```

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- Check every server in your MCP config at once: `npx -y policylayer stack`
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