scan_missing_assets
Find offline project media and report every timeline item that depends on it.
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What scan_missing_assets does on Cutpilot
AI agents call scan_missing_assets 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 scan_missing_assets is rated Low
This tool performs a diagnostic scan to identify and list missing or offline media assets and their dependencies. It retrieves information about project state without altering, deleting, or executing operations on the media or timeline. This is a classic Read operation—querying project metadata to report status.
From the tool's definition The tool 'scan_missing_assets' is described as finding offline project media and reporting timeline items that depend on it. The verb 'find' and 'report' indicate data retrieval and querying operations with no modification or deletion of assets.
Risk signalsBulk/mass operation — affects multiple targets
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
The rule that runs scan_missing_assets 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 scan_missing_assets, this is the rule to start with:
scan_missing_assets 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 scan_missing_assets call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about scan_missing_assets
Find offline project media and report every timeline item that depends on it. 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 scan_missing_assets: 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.
scan_missing_assets 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 scan_missing_assets 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 scan_missing_assets. 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.
scan_missing_assets 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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