Parse any YouTube URL format and extract video ID, channel ID, playlist ID, handle, and timestamp. Supports youtube.com/watch, youtu.be, /shorts/, /embed/, /playlist, /channel/, /@handle, and bare video IDs.
AI agents call parse_youtube_url 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 tool purely parses and extracts structured data from a URL string. It performs no network requests, no data modification, and has no side effects. It is a local parsing utility that identifies components of YouTube URLs. Misuse potential is minimal.
From the tool's definition Parse any YouTube URL format and extract video ID, channel ID, playlist ID, handle, and timestamp
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Parse any YouTube URL format and extract video ID, channel ID, playlist ID, handle, and timestamp. Supports youtube.com/watch, youtu.be, /shorts/, /embed/, /playlist, /channel/, /@handle, and bare video IDs. 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 parse_youtube_url: 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.
parse_youtube_url 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 parse_youtube_url 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 parse_youtube_url. 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.
parse_youtube_url 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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