playlists_focus_active_announcement
Focus the active announcement playlist
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What playlists_focus_active_announcement does on Propresenter
AI agents invoke playlists_focus_active_announcement to trigger actions in Propresenter. What it does depends on the arguments the agent supplies, and its effects often reach beyond the immediate call: builds kicked off, notifications sent, workflows started.
Why playlists_focus_active_announcement is rated High
'Focus' triggers an external operation in ProPresenter 7 (changing which playlist is actively focused/selected), making it an Execute-category action. It doesn't read data, write persistent data, or destroy anything, but it does trigger a state change in the presentation software. Severity is low as the blast radius of focusing a playlist is minimal.
From the tool's definition Focus the active announcement playlist
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The rule that runs playlists_focus_active_announcement safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Propresenter, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For playlists_focus_active_announcement, this is the rule to start with:
playlists_focus_active_announcement stays usable, but rate-capped: a runaway agent can't fire it dozens of times a minute. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Propresenter, apply this rule, and every playlists_focus_active_announcement call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about playlists_focus_active_announcement
Focus the active announcement playlist. It is categorised as a Execute tool in the Propresenter MCP Server, which means it can trigger actions or run processes. Use rate limits and argument validation.
Register the Propresenter MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for playlists_focus_active_announcement: 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 Propresenter. Nothing to install.
playlists_focus_active_announcement is a Execute tool with high risk. Execute tools should be rate-limited and have argument validation enabled.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the playlists_focus_active_announcement 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 playlists_focus_active_announcement. 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.
playlists_focus_active_announcement is provided by the Propresenter MCP server (@alxpark/propresenter-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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