Search TikTok videos by keyword as JSON. Each result includes video ID, caption, author, music, stats, and video URLs. Supports sorting by relevance or likes, and filtering by publish time. Use data.cursor for next page; stop when data.has_more is 0.
AI agents call search_tiktok_videos 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 is a straightforward search and retrieval operation with no side effects. It queries TikTok's public video data and returns structured results. The functionality is limited to reading and filtering existing data, making it a Read category tool. Severity is low because the blast radius of misuse (e.g., excessive searches, data scraping) is contained to information retrieval without system impact.
From the tool's definition Tool retrieves TikTok video search results including video ID, caption, author, music, stats, and URLs. It supports sorting and filtering but performs only query operations with pagination (cursor-based).
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Search TikTok videos by keyword as JSON. Each result includes video ID, caption, author, music, stats, and video URLs. Supports sorting by relevance or likes, and filtering by publish time. Use data.cursor for next page; stop when data.has_more is 0. 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 search_tiktok_videos: 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.
search_tiktok_videos 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 search_tiktok_videos 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 search_tiktok_videos. 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.
search_tiktok_videos 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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