analyze_asset_scenes
Detect hard visual cuts locally and generate per-scene thumbnails plus a contact sheet without modifying the project.
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What analyze_asset_scenes does on Cutpilot
AI agents call analyze_asset_scenes to retrieve information from Cutpilot without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
Why analyze_asset_scenes is rated Low
This tool performs analysis and thumbnail generation—read-only operations that query and extract information from video assets without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing external operations. The explicit commitment to not modify the project reinforces the Read classification.
From the tool's definition Tool description explicitly states it detects visual cuts and generates thumbnails "without modifying the project." The verb "analyze" combined with "detect" and "generate" (output artifacts) indicates data retrieval and inspection only.
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The rule that runs analyze_asset_scenes safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Cutpilot, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For analyze_asset_scenes, this is the rule to start with:
analyze_asset_scenes is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Cutpilot, apply this rule, and every analyze_asset_scenes call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about analyze_asset_scenes
Detect hard visual cuts locally and generate per-scene thumbnails plus a contact sheet without modifying the project. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Cutpilot MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Cutpilot MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for analyze_asset_scenes: 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 Cutpilot. Nothing to install.
analyze_asset_scenes 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 analyze_asset_scenes 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 analyze_asset_scenes. 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.
analyze_asset_scenes is provided by the Cutpilot MCP server (Hellotravisss/cutpilot). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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