Get all available YouTube topics (content categories) with creator counts.
AI agents call youtube_get_topics to retrieve information from CreatorDB MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool simply retrieves and lists YouTube topic categories and aggregated creator count metadata. It has no side effects, cannot modify data, execute code, or trigger external operations. The operation is read-only and returns informational data suitable for filtering or analysis in downstream operations.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'youtube_get_topics' and description 'Get all available YouTube topics (content categories) with creator counts' indicate a retrieval operation that queries static or semi-static reference data without modifying or executing anything.
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Get all available YouTube topics (content categories) with creator counts. It is categorised as a Read tool in the CreatorDB MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the CreatorDB MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for youtube_get_topics: 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 CreatorDB MCP Server. Nothing to install.
youtube_get_topics 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_get_topics 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_get_topics. 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_get_topics is provided by the CreatorDB MCP Server MCP server (saiyamvora13/creatordb-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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