Build a franchise or universe watch guide with release order, suggested order, total runtime, provider availability, and start/skip guidance
AI agents call build_franchise_watch_order to retrieve information from Tmdb without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and organizes movie franchise data (ordering, runtime, availability) from TMDB. It produces a read-only guide with no writes, deletions, executions, or financial transactions involved.
From the tool's definition 'Build a franchise or universe watch guide with release order, suggested order, total runtime, provider availability, and start/skip guidance' — purely informational, aggregates and presents TMDB data without any side effects
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access build_franchise_watch_order gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Tmdb, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for build_franchise_watch_order:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"build_franchise_watch_order": {}
}
}build_franchise_watch_order is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Build a franchise or universe watch guide with release order, suggested order, total runtime, provider availability, and start/skip guidance. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Tmdb MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Tmdb MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for build_franchise_watch_order: 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 Tmdb. Nothing to install.
build_franchise_watch_order 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 build_franchise_watch_order 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 build_franchise_watch_order. 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.
build_franchise_watch_order is provided by the Tmdb MCP server (laksh-star/mcp-server-tmdb). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Tmdb, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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