List recent transcription jobs. Example: list_transcripts({ limit: 5 })
AI agents call list_transcripts to retrieve information from Descript Complete without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and lists existing transcription metadata without modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. It is a read-only query operation with minimal blast radius if misused by an AI agent—at worst, an agent could retrieve a larger list of transcripts than intended, but no data would be harmed or altered.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'list_transcripts' and description 'List recent transcription jobs' indicate a query/retrieval operation with no side effects. The example shows it takes only a limit parameter for pagination.
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List recent transcription jobs. Example: list_transcripts({ limit: 5 }). It is categorised as a Read tool in the Descript Complete MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Descript Complete MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_transcripts: 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 Descript Complete. Nothing to install.
list_transcripts 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_transcripts 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_transcripts. 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_transcripts is provided by the Descript Complete MCP server (josephtandle/descript-complete). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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