# activate_timeline

Switch the active sequence used by editing, preview, validation, and rendering tools.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `activate_timeline`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/cutpilot/activate-timeline

## Facts

- Tool: `activate_timeline`
- Server: Cutpilot (`Hellotravisss/cutpilot`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/cutpilot.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/Hellotravisss/cutpilot
- Risk category: Write (Medium risk)
- Registry record: grade F, identity unverified
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 0
- Recommended policy verdict: Rate-limited

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

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

## Why activate_timeline is rated Medium

An AI agent can call activate_timeline faster than any human can review: one bad instruction and it creates or modifies resources in Cutpilot by the hundred, each call as confident as the last.

## Use case

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

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

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

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

## Other tools on Cutpilot (218)

- `cancel_background_task` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/cutpilot/cancel-background-task.md
- `cancel_export_job` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/cutpilot/cancel-export-job.md
- `clean_transcript` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/cutpilot/clean-transcript.md
- `clear_edit_context` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/cutpilot/clear-edit-context.md
- `clear_item_reframe` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/cutpilot/clear-item-reframe.md
- `delete_asset_bin` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/cutpilot/delete-asset-bin.md
- `delete_timeline` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/cutpilot/delete-timeline.md
- `delete_timeline_marker` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/cutpilot/delete-timeline-marker.md
- `delete_track` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/cutpilot/delete-track.md
- `detach_video_proxy` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/cutpilot/detach-video-proxy.md
- `remove_duplicate_shots` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/cutpilot/remove-duplicate-shots.md
- `repair_cutpilot_project` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/cutpilot/repair-cutpilot-project.md
- `ripple_delete_item` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/cutpilot/ripple-delete-item.md
- `set_transition` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/cutpilot/set-transition.md
- `unlink_timeline_items` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/cutpilot/unlink-timeline-items.md
- `audit_cutpilot_project` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/cutpilot/audit-cutpilot-project.md
- `build_semantic_index` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/cutpilot/build-semantic-index.md
- `recover_background_tasks` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/cutpilot/recover-background-tasks.md
- `snap_timeline_time` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/cutpilot/snap-timeline-time.md
- `analyze_asset_beats` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/cutpilot/analyze-asset-beats.md
- `analyze_asset_intelligence` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/cutpilot/analyze-asset-intelligence.md
- `analyze_asset_scenes` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/cutpilot/analyze-asset-scenes.md
- `analyze_asset_silence` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/cutpilot/analyze-asset-silence.md
- `analyze_category_release` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/cutpilot/analyze-category-release.md
- `analyze_item_reframe` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/cutpilot/analyze-item-reframe.md
- `analyze_multicam_sync` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/cutpilot/analyze-multicam-sync.md
- `analyze_project_assets` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/cutpilot/analyze-project-assets.md
- `analyze_vlog_coverage` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/cutpilot/analyze-vlog-coverage.md
- `analyze_vlog_release` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/cutpilot/analyze-vlog-release.md
- `analyze_vlog_rhythm` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/cutpilot/analyze-vlog-rhythm.md
- …and 188 more: https://policylayer.com/tools/cutpilot.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=cutpilot · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/cutpilot