Get trending TV shows of the week
AI agents call trending_tv_week 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 merely queries and returns data about trending television content from TMDB. It performs a read-only retrieval operation similar to other sibling tools like 'movie_popular' and 'genre_tv_list'. There is no indication of any ability to modify data, trigger external actions, or incur costs.
From the tool's definition Tool retrieves trending TV shows (a list/query operation) with no capability to modify, delete, or execute code. The description contains no parameters for side effects.
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Get trending TV shows of the week. 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 trending_tv_week: 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.
trending_tv_week 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 trending_tv_week 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 trending_tv_week. 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.
trending_tv_week 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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