Get media and file listings in a given absolute folder path from Media Storage. Args: folder_path: Absolute path to the folder to list files for.
AI agents call get_media_storage_files to retrieve information from DaVinci Resolve MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool queries and retrieves file information from media storage without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing anything. It is a simple read-only listing operation with minimal security risk.
From the tool's definition 'Get media and file listings in a given absolute folder path from Media Storage' - retrieves/lists file data with no modification, deletion, or execution.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_media_storage_files 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 get_media_storage_files:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"get_media_storage_files": {}
}
}get_media_storage_files is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get media and file listings in a given absolute folder path from Media Storage. Args: folder_path: Absolute path to the folder to list files for. It is categorised as a Read tool in the DaVinci Resolve MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the DaVinci Resolve MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_media_storage_files: 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.
get_media_storage_files 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 get_media_storage_files 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 get_media_storage_files. 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.
get_media_storage_files 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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