Get movie details by ID
AI agents call movie_details to retrieve information from TMDB 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 and retrieves existing movie information from TMDB based on a provided movie ID. It performs a read-only operation with no side effects, no data modification, no code execution, and no destructive or financial impact. The tool is consistent with sibling tools (e.g., movie_popular, movie_top_rated) which are all retrieval-focused. Retrieving movie metadata poses minimal security risk.
From the tool's definition Tool name is 'movie_details' and description states 'Get movie details by ID' — a straightforward retrieval operation with no modification capability.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get movie details by ID. It is categorised as a Read tool in the TMDB MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the TMDB MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for 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 TMDB MCP Server. Nothing to install.
movie_details 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 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.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for 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.
movie_details is provided by the TMDB MCP Server MCP server (ryanxili/tmdb-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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