AI agents call get_watching_stats 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.
This tool retrieves and queries personal watching statistics from the Rewind personal data API. It has no side effects—it does not create, modify, delete, or execute any external operations. The 'Supports date filtering' capability is a standard read query parameter, not a write or destructive action. This is a straightforward data retrieval operation with minimal security risk.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_watching_stats' and description 'Get overall watching statistics' indicates retrieval of aggregated data without modification or deletion.
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Get overall watching statistics including total movies, watch time, movies this year, top genre, top director, TV show counts, and episode counts. Supports date filtering. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Rewind MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Rewind MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_watching_stats: 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.
get_watching_stats 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_watching_stats 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_watching_stats. 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_watching_stats 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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