get_video_metadata
AI agents call get_video_metadata to retrieve information from Youtube Context without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves metadata about a YouTube video — a classic read operation that queries and returns data without modifying, deleting, executing code, or committing financial transactions. No side effects are implied by the name or the pattern of sibling tools on this MCP server.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_video_metadata' and server description indicate retrieval of read-only metadata about YouTube videos. Sibling tools (get_transcript, get_most_replayed, get_video_preview) are all retrieval operations with no side effects.
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get_video_metadata. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Youtube Context MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Youtube Context MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_video_metadata: 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 Context. Nothing to install.
get_video_metadata 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_video_metadata 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_video_metadata. 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_video_metadata is provided by the Youtube Context MCP server (realiti4/youtube-context-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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