Get all your YouTube subscribed channels with channel names, IDs, and URLs. Returns list of channels you
AI agents call get_subscribed_channels to retrieve information from YouTube MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs a query operation to fetch existing subscription data. It has no side effects—it does not create, modify, delete, or execute any actions. The information returned is already owned by the authenticated user and is simply being retrieved.
From the tool's definition Tool retrieves a list of subscribed channels with metadata (names, IDs, URLs). The description explicitly states 'Get all your YouTube subscribed channels' and 'Returns list of channels', indicating pure data retrieval with no modification, deletion, or…
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Get all your YouTube subscribed channels with channel names, IDs, and URLs. Returns list of channels you. It is categorised as a Read tool in the YouTube MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the YouTube MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_subscribed_channels: 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 YouTube MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_subscribed_channels 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 get_subscribed_channels 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 get_subscribed_channels. 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.
get_subscribed_channels is provided by the YouTube MCP Server MCP server (nareshtt/youtube-mcp-python). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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