Get TV shows airing today
AI agents call tv_airing_today 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 performs a read-only query against TMDB's API to fetch currently airing TV shows. It has no side effects, does not modify data, execute code, or perform destructive operations. The blast radius of misuse is minimal—an agent could only retrieve public TV schedule information. Classification as Read is appropriate.
From the tool's definition The tool 'tv_airing_today' retrieves information about TV shows airing today. The description indicates a simple query operation ('Get TV shows airing today') with no modification, deletion, or execution capabilities.
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Get TV shows airing today. 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 tv_airing_today: 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.
tv_airing_today 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 tv_airing_today 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 tv_airing_today. 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.
tv_airing_today 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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