Apply a Fairlight preset to the current timeline. Args: preset_name: Name of the Fairlight preset to apply.
AI agents use apply_fairlight_preset_to_current_timeline to create or update resources in DaVinci Resolve MCP — usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your DaVinci Resolve MCP environment.
This tool modifies the current timeline by applying a Fairlight (audio) preset to it. This is a reversible write operation — presets can be changed or removed — affecting the audio settings of the active timeline. No code execution, deletion, or financial transaction is involved.
From the tool's definition Apply a Fairlight preset to the current timeline
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access apply_fairlight_preset_to_current_timeline gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and DaVinci Resolve MCP, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for apply_fairlight_preset_to_current_timeline:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"apply_fairlight_preset_to_current_timeline": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "apply_fairlight_preset_to_current_timeline_rate",
"window": "minute",
"max": 30,
"scope": "grant"
}
]
}
}
}apply_fairlight_preset_to_current_timeline stays usable, but capped — an agent stuck in a loop can't make hundreds of changes a minute. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Apply a Fairlight preset to the current timeline. Args: preset_name: Name of the Fairlight preset to apply. It is categorised as a Write tool in the DaVinci Resolve MCP MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.
Register the DaVinci Resolve MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for apply_fairlight_preset_to_current_timeline: 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 DaVinci Resolve MCP. Nothing to install.
apply_fairlight_preset_to_current_timeline is a Write tool with medium risk. Write tools should be rate-limited to prevent accidental bulk modifications.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the apply_fairlight_preset_to_current_timeline 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 apply_fairlight_preset_to_current_timeline. 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.
apply_fairlight_preset_to_current_timeline is provided by the DaVinci Resolve MCP server (samuelgursky/davinci-resolve-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Deterministic rules across all 369 DaVinci Resolve MCP tools. Per-identity grants. Full audit log. Live in minutes. Nothing to install.
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