transcription_status

What transcription_status does on Cutpilot

AI agents call transcription_status 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 transcription_status is rated Low

This tool retrieves and reports the readiness status of local components. It performs no side effects, does not modify data, execute code, delete anything, or move money. It is a pure information-retrieval operation, fitting squarely into the Read category with low severity since misuse would only expose status information about system dependencies.

From the tool's definition Tool name and description: 'Check whether local FFmpeg, whisper.cpp, and a configured model are ready' — this is a status check operation that queries the state of local dependencies without modifying or executing them.

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

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

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