Analyze your listening activity over time. Returns a timeline of plays and listening duration at day, week, or month granularity. Example queries: -
AI agents call get_listening_timeline to retrieve information from Your Spotify 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 historical listening data at various time granularities (day/week/month). It performs a query-like operation that reads existing data with no capability to modify, delete, or trigger external actions. This is a straightforward Read operation with minimal risk—unauthorized access could expose listening preferences, but the tool itself cannot cause damage.
From the tool's definition Tool analyzes and returns listening activity timeline data without modifying, deleting, or executing operations. Description uses passive language: 'Analyze your listening activity', 'Returns a timeline'. No mutation or side effects indicated.
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Analyze your listening activity over time. Returns a timeline of plays and listening duration at day, week, or month granularity. Example queries: -. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Your Spotify MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Your Spotify MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_listening_timeline: 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 Your Spotify MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_listening_timeline 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_listening_timeline 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_listening_timeline. 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_listening_timeline is provided by the Your Spotify MCP Server MCP server (pentafive/your-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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