get_movie_details

Get detailed information about a specific movie by ID, including director, genres, rating, summary, watch history, poster image, and Letterboxd review links for rated watches.

Server Rewind rewind-mcp-server
Category Read
Risk class Low
Parameters 00 required

What get_movie_details does on Rewind

AI agents call get_movie_details to retrieve information from Rewind without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

Why get_movie_details needs a policy

This is a pure retrieval operation that queries movie information from a personal data API. It has no side effects—it does not create, modify, delete, execute code, or move money. The blast radius is minimal as reading one's own movie metadata poses no security risk beyond potential privacy exposure of user viewing habits.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_movie_details' and description explicitly states 'Get detailed information' about a movie, retrieving metadata (director, genres, rating, summary, watch history, poster, review links) with no modification or deletion capability.

Questions about get_movie_details

What does the get_movie_details tool do? +

Get detailed information about a specific movie by ID, including director, genres, rating, summary, watch history, poster image, and Letterboxd review links for rated watches. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Rewind MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.

How do I enforce a policy on get_movie_details? +

Register the Rewind MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_movie_details: 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 Rewind. Nothing to install.

What risk level is get_movie_details? +

get_movie_details is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.

Can I rate-limit get_movie_details? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the get_movie_details 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.

How do I block get_movie_details completely? +

Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for get_movie_details. 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.

What MCP server provides get_movie_details? +

get_movie_details is provided by the Rewind MCP server (rewind-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.

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