Get the stream URL for a channel.
AI agents call crow_iptv_stream_url to retrieve information from Crow without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves data (a stream URL) without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. It is a straightforward query operation that returns information about an existing channel's stream endpoint.
From the tool's definition Tool name is 'crow_iptv_stream_url' and description states 'Get the stream URL for a channel.' The verb 'Get' and the retrieval-only nature of fetching a URL indicate a read-only operation with no side effects.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access crow_iptv_stream_url gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Crow, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for crow_iptv_stream_url:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"crow_iptv_stream_url": {}
}
} crow_iptv_stream_url is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get the stream URL for a channel. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Crow MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Crow MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for crow_iptv_stream_url: 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 Crow. Nothing to install.
crow_iptv_stream_url 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 crow_iptv_stream_url 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 crow_iptv_stream_url. 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.
crow_iptv_stream_url is provided by the Crow MCP server (kh0pper/crow). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Crow, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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