Get daily play counts over time, broken down by stream type (direct play, direct stream, transcode).
AI agents call tautulli_plays_by_date to retrieve information from Mcp Tautulli without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This is a purely informational query tool that fetches historical playback statistics. It reads data without side effects, making it a Read operation. The severity is low because misuse only risks information disclosure about viewing habits, not data loss, code execution, or financial impact. High confidence due to clear retrieval semantics and the harmless nature of play count statistics.
From the tool's definition Tool retrieves 'daily play counts over time, broken down by stream type' with no modification, deletion, or execution capabilities. Returns aggregated metrics/statistics from a Plex/Tautulli server.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get daily play counts over time, broken down by stream type (direct play, direct stream, transcode). It is categorised as a Read tool in the Mcp Tautulli MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Mcp Tautulli MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for tautulli_plays_by_date: 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 Mcp Tautulli. Nothing to install.
tautulli_plays_by_date 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 tautulli_plays_by_date 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 tautulli_plays_by_date. 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.
tautulli_plays_by_date is provided by the Mcp Tautulli MCP server (lodordev/mcp-tautulli). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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