Get all videos in a YouTube playlist with metadata. Returns playlist info and video list with titles, channels, and positions.
AI agents call get_playlist_items to retrieve information from YouTube MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This is a retrieval operation that queries YouTube playlist data without causing side effects. It fits the Read category definition: 'retrieves or queries data; no side effects (search, list, get, fetch)'. The tool explicitly gets and lists playlist items.
From the tool's definition Tool retrieves playlist videos and metadata ('Get all videos in a YouTube playlist with metadata. Returns playlist info and video list with titles, channels, and positions'). No modification, deletion, or execution capabilities indicated.
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Get all videos in a YouTube playlist with metadata. Returns playlist info and video list with titles, channels, and positions. It is categorised as a Read tool in the YouTube MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the YouTube MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_playlist_items: 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 MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_playlist_items 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_playlist_items 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_playlist_items. 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_playlist_items is provided by the YouTube MCP Server MCP server (wynandw87/claude-code-youtube-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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