Get metadata for a YouTube video including title, author, and thumbnail.
AI agents call get_youtube_metadata to retrieve information from YouTube Insights MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool fetches metadata (title, author, thumbnail) from a YouTube video, which is a read-only operation that retrieves data without modifying, executing, or deleting anything. The data retrieved is metadata already publicly available on YouTube. No side effects, no modifications, no code execution, and no destructive actions are possible.
From the tool's definition Tool description states it 'Get metadata for a YouTube video including title, author, and thumbnail.' This retrieves publicly available information without side effects.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get metadata for a YouTube video including title, author, and thumbnail. It is categorised as a Read tool in the YouTube Insights MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the YouTube Insights MCP Server 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 YouTube Insights MCP Server. 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 YouTube Insights MCP Server MCP server (tejas-borate-wai/youtube_insights_mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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