Enable keyframe mode for a timeline item. Args: timeline_item_id: The ID of the timeline item keyframe_mode: Keyframe mode to enable. Options: 'All', 'Color', 'Sizing'
AI agents use enable_keyframes 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 state of video editing artifacts (timeline items) by enabling keyframe functionality, which is a reversible write operation. It does not execute arbitrary code, delete data, or cause financial impact. The blast radius is medium because incorrect keyframe enabling could disrupt editing workflows or cause unintended animation changes, but changes can be undone in DaVinci Resolve.
From the tool's definition Tool enables keyframe mode for timeline items, modifying video editing state and parameters. Description states it 'Enable keyframe mode' which is a configuration change to a timeline item.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access enable_keyframes 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 enable_keyframes:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"enable_keyframes": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "enable_keyframes_rate",
"window": "minute",
"max": 30,
"scope": "grant"
}
]
}
}
}enable_keyframes 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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Enable keyframe mode for a timeline item. Args: timeline_item_id: The ID of the timeline item keyframe_mode: Keyframe mode to enable. Options: 'All', 'Color', 'Sizing'. 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 enable_keyframes: 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.
enable_keyframes 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 enable_keyframes 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 enable_keyframes. 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.
enable_keyframes 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.
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