Get top-performing Shorts by views.
AI agents call youtube_analytics_top_shorts 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 queries and retrieves performance metrics for YouTube Shorts content. It reads existing analytics data to identify top-performing videos by view count. There is no data creation, modification, deletion, code execution, or financial transaction involved. The action is purely informational and retrievals-based, fitting the Read category.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'youtube_analytics_top_shorts' and description 'Get top-performing Shorts by views' indicate retrieval of analytics data without modification or side effects.
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Get top-performing Shorts by views. 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 youtube_analytics_top_shorts: 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.
youtube_analytics_top_shorts 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 youtube_analytics_top_shorts 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 youtube_analytics_top_shorts. 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.
youtube_analytics_top_shorts is provided by the YouTube MCP Server MCP server (pauling-ai/youtube-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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