List direct children of a COMP.
AI agents call list_children to retrieve information from Touchdesigner without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool only reads and returns hierarchical data about a component's children. It has no side effects, does not create, modify, delete, or execute operations. It is a pure information retrieval function, making it a Read category tool with low severity risk.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'list_children' and description 'List direct children of a COMP' indicate a query operation that retrieves structural information from a TouchDesigner component without modifying state.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
List direct children of a COMP. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Touchdesigner MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Touchdesigner MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_children: 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 Touchdesigner. Nothing to install.
list_children 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 list_children 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 list_children. 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.
list_children is provided by the Touchdesigner MCP server (mrinalghosh/touchdesigner-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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