Set timeline format (resolution and frame rate). Args: width: Timeline width in pixels height: Timeline height in pixels frame_rate: Timeline frame rate interlaced: Whether the timeline should use interlaced processing
AI agents use set_timeline_format_tool 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 or modifies project metadata and timeline parameters reversibly. While changes to timeline format are significant and could affect a project's workflow, they are not irreversible deletions nor do they execute arbitrary code or move money. The modification is within the video editing domain and could be undone by setting different parameters.
From the tool's definition Tool modifies timeline configuration settings (resolution, frame rate, interlaced processing) which changes project properties. The description uses "Set" indicating state modification rather than retrieval.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access set_timeline_format_tool 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 set_timeline_format_tool:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"set_timeline_format_tool": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "set_timeline_format_tool_rate",
"window": "minute",
"max": 30,
"scope": "grant"
}
]
}
}
}set_timeline_format_tool 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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Set timeline format (resolution and frame rate). Args: width: Timeline width in pixels height: Timeline height in pixels frame_rate: Timeline frame rate interlaced: Whether the timeline should use interlaced processing. 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 set_timeline_format_tool: 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.
set_timeline_format_tool 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 set_timeline_format_tool 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 set_timeline_format_tool. 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.
set_timeline_format_tool 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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