AI agents use import_media to create or update resources in DaVinci MCP Professional — usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your DaVinci MCP Professional environment.
This tool creates or adds new media assets to a DaVinci Resolve project, which is a reversible modification (media can be removed or the project reverted). It does not execute arbitrary code, delete data, or involve financial transactions. The 'import' action is definitionally a Write operation that changes the project state.
From the tool's definition The tool name 'import_media' combined with the description 'Import a media file into the media pool' indicates a create/add operation that modifies the project's media pool by introducing new assets.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access import_media gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and DaVinci MCP Professional, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for import_media:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"import_media": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "import_media_rate",
"window": "minute",
"max": 30,
"scope": "grant"
}
]
}
}
}import_media stays usable, but capped — an agent stuck in a loop can't make hundreds of changes a minute. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Import a media file into the media pool. It is categorised as a Write tool in the DaVinci MCP Professional MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.
Register the DaVinci MCP Professional MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for import_media: 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 DaVinci MCP Professional. Nothing to install.
import_media is a Write tool with medium risk. Write tools should be rate-limited to prevent accidental bulk modifications.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the import_media 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 import_media. 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.
import_media is provided by the DaVinci MCP Professional MCP server (positronikal/davinci-mcp-professional). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from DaVinci MCP Professional, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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