# create_channel

Create a new channel — the container for projects and their reusable styles. Use when the user wants a fresh creative identity rather than adding to an existing channel.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `create_channel`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/com-framesail-framesail/create-channel

## Facts

- Tool: `create_channel`
- Server: Framesail (`https://api.framesail.com/mcp`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-framesail-framesail.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/https://api.framesail.com/mcp
- Risk category: Write (Medium risk)
- Registry record: grade F, identity unverified
- Server auth posture: open
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 2 (1 required)
- Recommended policy verdict: Rate-limited

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `name` | string | yes | Display name for the new channel |
| `description` | string | no | Optional free-text description of the channel's content focus |

Parameters from the server's own tool schema.

## Example call (MCP tools/call, JSON-RPC 2.0)

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "create_channel",
    "arguments": {
      "name": "<name>"
    }
  }
}
```

## Why create_channel is rated Medium

This tool creates a new resource (a channel) within the Framesail system, which is a reversible operation. It does not execute external code, delete data, move money, or have destructive side effects. The severity is medium because creating channels could allow an AI agent to proliferate projects or organizational structures, but the impact is limited to the Framesail workspace and can be managed or cleaned up.

From the tool's own definition: "Tool description states 'Create a new channel' and is characterized as creating 'the container for projects and their reusable styles.' The verb 'Create' combined with establishing a new organizational structure indicates data creation rather than retrieval,…"

## Use case

AI agents use create_channel to create or update resources in Framesail, usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your Framesail environment.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Rate-limited**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches Framesail:

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "create_channel": {
      "limits": [
        {
          "counter": "create_channel_rate",
          "window": "minute",
          "max": 30,
          "scope": "grant"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## Other tools on Framesail (67)

- `delete_asset` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-framesail-framesail/delete-asset.md
- `delete_project` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-framesail-framesail/delete-project.md
- `delete_style` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-framesail-framesail/delete-style.md
- `director_note` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-framesail-framesail/director-note.md
- `remove_music_track` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-framesail-framesail/remove-music-track.md
- `scan_script` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-framesail-framesail/scan-script.md
- `analyze_style` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-framesail-framesail/analyze-style.md
- `build_scenes` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-framesail-framesail/build-scenes.md
- `export_video` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-framesail-framesail/export-video.md
- `regenerate_segment_asset` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-framesail-framesail/regenerate-segment-asset.md
- `await_jobs` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-framesail-framesail/await-jobs.md
- `browse_audio_library` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-framesail-framesail/browse-audio-library.md
- `get_credit_balance` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-framesail-framesail/get-credit-balance.md
- `get_pipeline_progress` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-framesail-framesail/get-pipeline-progress.md
- `get_project` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-framesail-framesail/get-project.md
- `get_script` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-framesail-framesail/get-script.md
- `get_section_template` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-framesail-framesail/get-section-template.md
- `get_segment_assets` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-framesail-framesail/get-segment-assets.md
- `get_segments` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-framesail-framesail/get-segments.md
- `get_style` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-framesail-framesail/get-style.md
- `get_video_url` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-framesail-framesail/get-video-url.md
- `get_workflow_status` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-framesail-framesail/get-workflow-status.md
- `list_assets` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-framesail-framesail/list-assets.md
- `list_channels` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-framesail-framesail/list-channels.md
- `list_models` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-framesail-framesail/list-models.md
- `list_music_tracks` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-framesail-framesail/list-music-tracks.md
- `list_projects` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-framesail-framesail/list-projects.md
- `list_provider_keys` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-framesail-framesail/list-provider-keys.md
- `list_scenes` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-framesail-framesail/list-scenes.md
- `list_style_presets` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-framesail-framesail/list-style-presets.md
- …and 37 more: https://policylayer.com/tools/com-framesail-framesail.md

## For agents

This record is a snapshot. Live verdicts and the full registry:

- Check every server in your MCP config at once: `npx -y policylayer stack`
- Vet a server before you add it: install the mcp-precheck skill — `npx skills add https://policylayer.com` (skill text: https://policylayer.com/skill.md)
- Query the registry over MCP: endpoint `https://api.policylayer.com/mcp` — tools `check_mcp_server`, `check_mcp_stack`, `check_tool`, `search_registry`, `get_change_events`

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Source: the PolicyLayer MCP registry — one continuously verified record per MCP server. Full record: https://policylayer.com/registry?q=com-framesail-framesail · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/com-framesail-framesail