list_develop_presets

What list_develop_presets does on Lightroom Classic MCP

AI agents call list_develop_presets 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 list_develop_presets is rated Low

This tool retrieves and enumerates available presets without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing operations. It is a read-only query that returns data about preset options, enabling downstream decisions about which presets to apply but performing no side effects itself. The low severity reflects minimal blast radius even if misused—listing presets poses no risk to photos, catalog, or system state.

From the tool's definition Tool name contains 'list' and description explicitly states it 'List[s] built-in editing presets' with no modification capability—purely informational retrieval.

The rule that runs list_develop_presets 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 list_develop_presets, this is the rule to start with:

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

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