Get the duration of the current transition in milliseconds
AI agents call obs-get-transition-duration to retrieve information from OBS MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool queries the current state of OBS Studio's transition settings and retrieves a read-only value. There are no modifications to scenes, sources, streaming state, or any other configuration. The operation has no side effects and poses minimal risk if invoked by an AI agent.
From the tool's definition Tool name contains 'get-' prefix and description states 'Get the duration', indicating a retrieval operation with no side effects. Returns a single numeric value (transition duration in milliseconds).
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access obs-get-transition-duration gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and OBS MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for obs-get-transition-duration:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"obs-get-transition-duration": {}
}
}obs-get-transition-duration is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get the duration of the current transition in milliseconds. It is categorised as a Read tool in the OBS MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the OBS MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for obs-get-transition-duration: 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 OBS MCP Server. Nothing to install.
obs-get-transition-duration 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 obs-get-transition-duration 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 obs-get-transition-duration. 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.
obs-get-transition-duration is provided by the OBS MCP Server MCP server (royshil/obs-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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