Export stills from a gallery album. Args: album_index: 0-based album index. folder_path: Directory to export to. file_prefix: Filename prefix. Default: 'still'. format: File format (dpx, cin, tif, jpg, png, ppm, bmp, xpm, drx). Default: 'dpx'.
AI agents use export_stills_from_album 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 creates new image files on the filesystem by exporting stills from an album. While it doesn't modify existing data or delete anything, it does write new files to disk in a user-specified location. This is a Write operation rather than Read (which would only retrieve data without creating files).
From the tool's definition Tool exports stills from a gallery album to a specified folder_path with configurable file_prefix and format parameters.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access export_stills_from_album 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 export_stills_from_album:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"export_stills_from_album": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "export_stills_from_album_rate",
"window": "minute",
"max": 30,
"scope": "grant"
}
]
}
}
}export_stills_from_album 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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Export stills from a gallery album. Args: album_index: 0-based album index. folder_path: Directory to export to. file_prefix: Filename prefix. Default: 'still'. format: File format (dpx, cin, tif, jpg, png, ppm, bmp, xpm, drx). Default: 'dpx'. 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 export_stills_from_album: 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.
export_stills_from_album 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 export_stills_from_album 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 export_stills_from_album. 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.
export_stills_from_album 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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