restart_app
Restart DaVinci Resolve application.
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What restart_app does on DaVinci Resolve MCP
AI agents invoke restart_app to trigger actions in DaVinci Resolve MCP. What it does depends on the arguments the agent supplies, and its effects often reach beyond the immediate call: builds kicked off, notifications sent, workflows started.
Why restart_app is rated High
Restarting an application is an Execute action—it runs an external operation whose effects depend on the system state and unsaved work. While not destructive (data may be saved before restart), it irreversibly interrupts the current application session and could cause loss of unsaved work or disrupt ongoing workflows.
From the tool's definition Tool name is 'restart_app' with description 'Restart DaVinci Resolve application.' This directly triggers an external application restart operation.
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The rule that runs restart_app safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and DaVinci Resolve MCP, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For restart_app, this is the rule to start with:
restart_app stays usable, but rate-capped: a runaway agent can't fire it dozens of times a minute. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect DaVinci Resolve MCP, apply this rule, and every restart_app call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about restart_app
Restart DaVinci Resolve application. It is categorised as a Execute tool in the DaVinci Resolve MCP MCP Server, which means it can trigger actions or run processes. Use rate limits and argument validation.
Register the DaVinci Resolve MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for restart_app: 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.
restart_app is a Execute tool with high risk. Execute tools should be rate-limited and have argument validation enabled.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the restart_app 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 restart_app. 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.
restart_app 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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