Retrieves the top videos from a specific channel. Returns a list of the most viewed or popular videos from the channel, based on view count. Use this when you want to identify the most successful content from a channel.
AI agents call getChannelTopVideos to retrieve information from Yt without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs a query operation to fetch and list publicly available video data from YouTube channels. It retrieves information without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any actions. The operation is purely informational and read-only, consistent with other sibling tools like getTrendingVideos and getPlaylistVideos.
From the tool's definition Tool description states it 'Retrieves the top videos from a specific channel' and 'Returns a list of the most viewed or popular videos.' The verb 'Retrieves' and the read-only nature of listing videos by view count indicate no side effects or data…
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Retrieves the top videos from a specific channel. Returns a list of the most viewed or popular videos from the channel, based on view count. Use this when you want to identify the most successful content from a channel. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Yt MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Yt MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for getChannelTopVideos: 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 Yt. Nothing to install.
getChannelTopVideos 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 getChannelTopVideos 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 getChannelTopVideos. 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.
getChannelTopVideos is provided by the Yt MCP server (yt-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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