Search for videos on YouTube
AI agents call videos_searchVideos 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 data from YouTube in response to search parameters. It performs a read-only query operation analogous to a web search, with no capability to create, modify, delete, or execute operations. The blast radius is minimal as it only exposes publicly available video search results.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'videos_searchVideos' and description 'Search for videos on YouTube' indicate a query/retrieval operation with no side effects or data modification.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Search for videos on YouTube. 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_searchVideos: 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_searchVideos 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_searchVideos 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_searchVideos. 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_searchVideos 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.