crow_frigate_clip_url

What crow_frigate_clip_url does on Crow

AI agents call crow_frigate_clip_url to retrieve information from Crow without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

Why crow_frigate_clip_url is rated Low

This tool performs a retrieval operation to obtain a clip URL, which is a Read category function. It has no side effects, does not modify or delete data, and cannot execute code or trigger financial transactions. The severity is low because returning a URL to a video clip poses minimal risk even if misused by an AI agent.

From the tool's definition Tool description states it retrieves an 'MP4 clip URL for a Frigate event' - a read-only query that returns a URL to existing media. The requirement to check 'has_clip=true' via list_events confirms it accesses pre-existing data without modification.

The rule that runs crow_frigate_clip_url safely

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Crow, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For crow_frigate_clip_url, this is the rule to start with:

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "crow_frigate_clip_url": {}
  }
}

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