get_selected_photos

What get_selected_photos does on Lightroom Classic MCP

AI agents call get_selected_photos to retrieve information from Lightroom Classic MCP without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

Why get_selected_photos is rated Low

This tool only queries and returns metadata about selected photos. It performs no modifications, deletions, code execution, or financial operations. It is a straightforward read operation that retrieves data from the Lightroom catalog without altering any state. The low severity reflects minimal blast radius if misused—an agent could at most enumerate photos, which poses no destructive risk.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_selected_photos' and description 'List selected Lightroom photos with IDs and key metadata' indicate retrieval of photo information with no side effects or modifications.

The rule that runs get_selected_photos safely

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Lightroom Classic MCP, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For get_selected_photos, this is the rule to start with:

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "get_selected_photos": {}
  }
}

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