playlists_trigger_active_announcement_item

What playlists_trigger_active_announcement_item does on Propresenter

AI agents invoke playlists_trigger_active_announcement_item 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_trigger_active_announcement_item is rated High

This tool executes a command that causes ProPresenter to perform an action (trigger/play an announcement item). While not destructive or financial, triggering presentation playback is an Execute action because it initiates external operations whose effects depend on which announcement item is targeted. Misuse could disrupt a live presentation.

From the tool's definition Tool name contains 'trigger' and description states 'Trigger a specific announcement item in the active playlist'. The verb 'trigger' indicates execution of an action with external side effects—playing/displaying presentation content in ProPresenter.

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

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "playlists_trigger_active_announcement_item": {
      "limits": [
        {
          "counter": "playlists_trigger_active_announcement_item_rate",
          "window": "minute",
          "max": 10,
          "scope": "grant"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

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