Returns a list of recent public videos from a channel,
AI agents call get_channel_videos to retrieve information from Youtube-MCP 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 public YouTube channel data via the official YouTube Data API v3. It has no side effects, does not execute code, modify data, or trigger external operations. The blast radius if misused by an AI agent is minimal—it can only fetch publicly available video metadata.
From the tool's definition Tool returns (reads/retrieves) 'a list of recent public videos from a channel' with no modification, deletion, or execution capabilities described.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Returns a list of recent public videos from a channel,. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Youtube-MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Youtube- MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_channel_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 Youtube-MCP. Nothing to install.
get_channel_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 get_channel_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 get_channel_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.
get_channel_videos is provided by the Youtube- MCP server (yashkashte5/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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