Get detailed information about a YouTube video
AI agents call videos_getVideo 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 video metadata and details from YouTube without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. It is a pure read operation with minimal blast radius—an AI agent using it could only access publicly available video information.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'videos_getVideo' and description 'Get detailed information about a YouTube video' indicate retrieval of existing data with no modification or side effects.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get detailed information about a YouTube video. 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 videos_getVideo: 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.
videos_getVideo 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 videos_getVideo 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 videos_getVideo. 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.
videos_getVideo 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.