Get detailed information about a specific TV show by its ID
AI agents call get_tv_show_details to retrieve information from TMDB MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves TV show details from TMDB without creating, modifying, deleting, executing code, or affecting financial systems. It is purely informational. The low severity reflects minimal blast radius—an AI misusing this tool can only fetch unwanted show metadata, with no destructive or operational consequences.
From the tool's definition Tool name and description indicate retrieval only: 'Get detailed information about a specific TV show by its ID'. The verb 'Get' and the context of TMDB (a read-only movie database API) confirm this is a query operation with no side effects.
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Get detailed information about a specific TV show by its ID. It is categorised as a Read tool in the TMDB MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the TMDB MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_tv_show_details: 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 MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_tv_show_details 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 get_tv_show_details 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 get_tv_show_details. 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.
get_tv_show_details is provided by the TMDB MCP Server MCP server (lonzzi/tmdb-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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