Get the file path of the video recording for a page. Only available if video recording was enabled during browser launch.
AI agents call video_path to retrieve information from MCP Playwright Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves a file path—a string of metadata about a video recording that was previously created. It performs no writes, deletions, code execution, or financial operations. It is a simple read operation with no side effects.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'video_path' and description 'Get the file path of the video recording' indicate retrieval of metadata about an existing recording.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get the file path of the video recording for a page. Only available if video recording was enabled during browser launch. It is categorised as a Read tool in the MCP Playwright Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the MCP Playwright Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for video_path: 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 MCP Playwright Server. Nothing to install.
video_path 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 video_path 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 video_path. 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.
video_path is provided by the MCP Playwright Server MCP server (j0hanz/playwright-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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