Get source audio channel mapping for a timeline item. Args: item_index: 0-based item index. Default: 0.
AI agents call ti_get_source_audio_channel_mapping 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 returns audio channel mapping data from a timeline item. It is a read-only operation that retrieves existing information without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. The only argument is an item index for selection, which poses minimal risk even if misused by an agent.
From the tool's definition Tool name contains 'get' and description states 'Get source audio channel mapping' - retrieves information about audio channel configuration for a timeline item with no modification or side effects.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access ti_get_source_audio_channel_mapping 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 ti_get_source_audio_channel_mapping:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"ti_get_source_audio_channel_mapping": {}
}
}ti_get_source_audio_channel_mapping is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get source audio channel mapping for a timeline item. Args: item_index: 0-based item index. Default: 0. 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 ti_get_source_audio_channel_mapping: 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.
ti_get_source_audio_channel_mapping 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 ti_get_source_audio_channel_mapping 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 ti_get_source_audio_channel_mapping. 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.
ti_get_source_audio_channel_mapping 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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