listening_session_report
Report a listening session (or the most recent one when no id is given): duration, start/end snapshots and closed status. Read-only.
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What listening_session_report does on Spotify
AI agents invoke listening_session_report to trigger actions in Spotify. What it does depends on the arguments the agent supplies, and its effects often reach beyond the immediate call: builds kicked off, notifications sent, workflows started.
Why listening_session_report is rated High
listening_session_report triggers real processes with real consequences. An agent gone sideways doesn't fire it once. It starts dozens of builds, sends mass notifications, or burns through compute before anyone looks up.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
The rule that runs listening_session_report safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Spotify, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For listening_session_report, this is the rule to start with:
listening_session_report stays usable, but rate-capped: a runaway agent can't fire it dozens of times a minute. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Spotify, apply this rule, and every listening_session_report call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about listening_session_report
Report a listening session (or the most recent one when no id is given): duration, start/end snapshots and closed status. Read-only. It is categorised as a Execute tool in the Spotify MCP Server, which means it can trigger actions or run processes. Use rate limits and argument validation.
Register the Spotify MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for listening_session_report: 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 Spotify. Nothing to install.
listening_session_report is a Execute tool with high risk. Execute tools should be rate-limited and have argument validation enabled.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the listening_session_report 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 listening_session_report. 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.
listening_session_report is provided by the Spotify MCP server (@novalux12/spotify-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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