playlists_trigger_active_presentation_item

What playlists_trigger_active_presentation_item does on Propresenter

AI agents invoke playlists_trigger_active_presentation_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_presentation_item is rated High

This tool directly executes a command that changes the state of the ProPresenter application by advancing to or selecting a specific presentation item. The effect is not merely a data retrieval (Read), nor is it reversible in the sense of simple modifications (Write) — it actively triggers a presentation state change that affects what is currently being displayed, which could impact a live presentation or broadcast.

From the tool's definition Tool name contains 'trigger' and description states 'Trigger a specific presentation item in the active playlist' — triggering a presentation item executes an external operation (advancing/changing the displayed presentation content) whose effects depend on…

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

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

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