get-help · After Effects MCP Server MCP: Risk & Policy

WHAT IT DOES

What get-help does on After Effects MCP Server

AI agents call get-help to retrieve information from After Effects MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

WHY IT NEEDS A POLICY

Why get-help needs a policy

This is a documentation/help query tool that retrieves information about how to use the MCP integration. It performs no modifications, executions, or destructive operations—purely informational retrieval, fitting the Read category with low severity.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'get-help' and description 'Get help on using the After Effects MCP integration' indicate this retrieves documentation or usage information with no side effects.

Attacks that exploit this kind of access

Questions about get-help

What does the get-help tool do? +

Get help on using the After Effects MCP integration. It is categorised as a Read tool in the After Effects MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.

How do I enforce a policy on get-help? +

Register the After Effects MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get-help: 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 After Effects MCP Server. Nothing to install.

What risk level is get-help? +

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

Can I rate-limit get-help? +

Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the get-help 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-help completely? +

Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for get-help. 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-help? +

get-help is provided by the After Effects MCP Server MCP server (rtx1025189518-source/mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.