AI agents call browser_video_get_path to retrieve information from Playwright MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves metadata (a file path) from the current browser tab without side effects. It is a read-only operation analogous to querying the DOM for a video element's src attribute. No data is modified, deleted, or executed as a result of calling this tool.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'browser_video_get_path' and description indicate retrieval of video file path from current tab; no modification, deletion, or external execution occurs.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access browser_video_get_path gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Playwright MCP, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for browser_video_get_path:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"browser_video_get_path": {}
}
}browser_video_get_path is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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현재 탭의 비디오 경로를 가져옵니다. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Playwright MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Playwright MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for browser_video_get_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 Playwright MCP. Nothing to install.
browser_video_get_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 browser_video_get_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 browser_video_get_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.
browser_video_get_path is provided by the Playwright MCP server (korwabs/playwright-record-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Playwright MCP, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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