Set audio properties for a timeline item. Args: timeline_item_id: The ID of the timeline item to modify volume: Optional volume level (usually 0.0 to 2.0, where 1.0 is unity gain) pan: Optional pan value (-1.0 to 1.0, where -1.0 is left, 0 is center, 1.0 is right) eq_enabled: Optional boolean to ...
AI agents use set_timeline_item_audio 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 data (audio settings) in a reversible manner. Changes to volume, pan, and EQ can be undone in DaVinci Resolve's editing workflow. It does not delete data (Destructive), execute arbitrary code (Execute), move financial resources (Financial), or retrieve data without modification (Read).
From the tool's definition Tool modifies audio properties of timeline items: 'Set audio properties for a timeline item' with parameters for volume, pan, and EQ settings. These are reversible changes to audio metadata/settings within a video project.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access set_timeline_item_audio 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_item_audio:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"set_timeline_item_audio": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "set_timeline_item_audio_rate",
"window": "minute",
"max": 30,
"scope": "grant"
}
]
}
}
}set_timeline_item_audio 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 audio properties for a timeline item. Args: timeline_item_id: The ID of the timeline item to modify volume: Optional volume level (usually 0.0 to 2.0, where 1.0 is unity gain) pan: Optional pan value (-1.0 to 1.0, where -1.0 is left, 0 is center, 1.0 is right) eq_enabled: Optional boolean to enable/disable EQ. 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_item_audio: 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_item_audio 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_item_audio 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_item_audio. 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_item_audio 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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