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audio_recognition

Analyze and transcribe audio using Google Gemini AI

How to control audio_recognition ↓

What audio_recognition does on MCP Video Recognition Server

AI agents call audio_recognition to retrieve information from MCP Video Recognition Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

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Why audio_recognition needs a policy

Audio transcription and analysis are read-only operations that retrieve or extract data from audio content. No side effects occur on the audio file or other systems. The tool does not modify data, execute arbitrary code, delete content, or commit financial transactions.

From the tool's definition Tool performs 'Analyze and transcribe audio' — operations that extract information from audio data without modifying, deleting, or executing external operations. Transcription is a query/retrieval operation.

Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access audio_recognition gives an agent:

How to control audio_recognition

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and MCP Video Recognition Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for audio_recognition:

policy.json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "audio_recognition": {}
  }
}

audio_recognition is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.

  1. Create a free account and register MCP Video Recognition Server — nothing to install.
  2. Add this policy — paste it, or build it visually.
  3. Point your MCP client (Claude, Cursor, anything) at your gateway URL.
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Questions about audio_recognition

What does the audio_recognition tool do? +

Analyze and transcribe audio using Google Gemini AI. It is categorised as a Read tool in the MCP Video Recognition Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.

How do I enforce a policy on audio_recognition? +

Register the MCP Video Recognition Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for audio_recognition: 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 Video Recognition Server. Nothing to install.

What risk level is audio_recognition? +

audio_recognition is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.

Can I rate-limit audio_recognition? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the audio_recognition 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.

How do I block audio_recognition completely? +

Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for audio_recognition. 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.

What MCP server provides audio_recognition? +

audio_recognition is provided by the MCP Video Recognition Server MCP server (mario-andreschak/mcp_video_recognition). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.

Enforce policy on every MCP Video Recognition Server tool call.

Start from MCP Video Recognition Server, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.

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