Get metadata for a YouTube video by its video ID. Returns title, description, channel, duration, view count, like count, publish date, and thumbnail URLs. Use when the user has a specific video ID or URL and wants details about that video.
AI agents call get_youtube_metadata to retrieve information from Scavio without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves publicly available metadata from YouTube videos without any side effects, modifications, or state changes. It is a simple query/lookup operation that reads data. There is no code execution, no data modification, no irreversible actions, and no financial implications. The low severity reflects that misuse would only expose publicly available information already visible on YouTube.
From the tool's definition Tool description states it 'Get metadata for a YouTube video' and 'Returns title, description, channel, duration, view count, like count, publish date, and thumbnail URLs.' These are all read-only retrieval operations with no modification, deletion, or…
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Get metadata for a YouTube video by its video ID. Returns title, description, channel, duration, view count, like count, publish date, and thumbnail URLs. Use when the user has a specific video ID or URL and wants details about that video. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Scavio MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Scavio MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_youtube_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 Scavio. Nothing to install.
get_youtube_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_youtube_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_youtube_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_youtube_metadata is provided by the Scavio MCP server (@scavio/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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