List all downloaded video files in the storage directory or a specified directory.
AI agents call list-downloads to retrieve information from Video Toolkit without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and enumerates existing downloaded video files without creating, modifying, or deleting data. It is a passive information retrieval operation with no side effects, fitting the Read category. Severity is low because even if misused by an agent, listing files poses minimal risk—it only reveals what videos have been downloaded.
From the tool's definition Tool name and description both indicate a list/query operation: 'List all downloaded video files' with no modifications, deletions, or side effects.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
List all downloaded video files in the storage directory or a specified directory. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Video Toolkit MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Video Toolkit MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list-downloads: 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 Video Toolkit. Nothing to install.
list-downloads 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 list-downloads 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 list-downloads. 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.
list-downloads is provided by the Video Toolkit MCP server (jamesanz/transcript-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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