Get information about a YouTube channel
AI agents call channels_getChannel to retrieve information from Zubeid Youtube without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves channel metadata from YouTube without performing any write, execute, destructive, or financial operations. It is a straightforward read operation with minimal security risk. The low severity reflects that unauthorized access to public YouTube channel information poses minimal harm compared to other tool categories.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'channels_getChannel' and description 'Get information about a YouTube channel' indicate a retrieval operation with no modification or deletion of data.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get information about a YouTube channel. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Zubeid Youtube MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Zubeid Youtube MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for channels_getChannel: 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 Zubeid Youtube. Nothing to install.
channels_getChannel 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 channels_getChannel 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 channels_getChannel. 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.
channels_getChannel is provided by the Zubeid Youtube MCP server (zubeid-youtube-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.