Get all available videos with their path.
AI agents call get_available_videos to retrieve information from Vlc without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves metadata about available videos (paths and listings). It performs no write operations, does not execute code or trigger playback, and does not delete or destroy data. It is a straightforward data retrieval function with no side effects, making it a Read category tool with low severity.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_available_videos' and description 'Get all available videos with their path' indicate a query operation that retrieves and lists video files without modifying or executing actions.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_available_videos gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Vlc, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for get_available_videos:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"get_available_videos": {}
}
}get_available_videos is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get all available videos with their path. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Vlc MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Vlc MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_available_videos: 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 Vlc. Nothing to install.
get_available_videos 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_available_videos 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_available_videos. 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_available_videos is provided by the Vlc MCP server (piebro/vlc-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Vlc, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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