Get videos from a specific channel
AI agents call channels_listVideos 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 queries and retrieves video data from a YouTube channel without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. It is a straightforward data retrieval function consistent with other read-only tools on the server (channels_getChannel, videos_getVideo, transcripts_getTranscript). The blast radius of misuse is minimal—an agent could only retrieve publicly available video information.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'channels_listVideos' and description 'Get videos from a specific channel' indicate a retrieval operation with no modification or deletion of data.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get videos from a specific 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_listVideos: 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_listVideos 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_listVideos 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_listVideos. 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_listVideos 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.