# youtube.video_details

Fetch metadata for a public YouTube video by video id or URL. Accepts a bare 11-character video id (for example PuQFESk0BrA) or common YouTube watch, youtu.be, Shorts, and embed URLs. Returns title, description, view count, duration, publish date, channel id, category, keywords, and thumbnails. Cost = 10 tokens.

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

## Facts

- Tool: `youtube.video_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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `video_id` | string | yes | YouTube video id or URL (for example PuQFESk0BrA, https://youtu.be/PuQFESk0BrA, or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuQFESk0BrA). |

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.video_details",
    "arguments": {
      "video_id": "<video_id>"
    }
  }
}
```

## Why youtube.video_details is rated Low

This tool retrieves publicly available metadata from YouTube videos with no side effects. It does not create, modify, delete, or execute any operations. The data returned (title, description, view count, etc.) is already public and the tool only queries it.

From the tool's own definition: "Tool description explicitly states 'Fetch metadata' and 'Returns title, description, view count, duration, publish date, channel id, category, keywords, and thumbnails' — all read-only operations on public data with no modification capability."

## Use case

AI agents call youtube.video_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.video_details": {}
  }
}
```

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