Create a Fusion clip from selected items. Args: clip_ids: List of timeline item unique IDs. track_type: 'video' or 'audio'. Default: 'video'. track_index: 1-based track index. Default: 1.
AI agents use timeline_create_fusion_clip 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.
Creating a Fusion clip is a reversible modification that adds new content to the project. It does not execute arbitrary code (Execute), delete data (Destructive), or move money (Financial). While it modifies the project state, the action is undoable in typical NLE workflows.
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'Create a Fusion clip from selected items' — this creates new media objects within the DaVinci Resolve project by combining existing timeline items into a Fusion composition.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access timeline_create_fusion_clip 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 timeline_create_fusion_clip:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"timeline_create_fusion_clip": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "timeline_create_fusion_clip_rate",
"window": "minute",
"max": 30,
"scope": "grant"
}
]
}
}
}timeline_create_fusion_clip 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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Create a Fusion clip from selected items. Args: clip_ids: List of timeline item unique IDs. track_type: 'video' or 'audio'. Default: 'video'. track_index: 1-based track index. Default: 1. 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 timeline_create_fusion_clip: 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.
timeline_create_fusion_clip 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 timeline_create_fusion_clip 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 timeline_create_fusion_clip. 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.
timeline_create_fusion_clip 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.
Deterministic rules across all 369 DaVinci Resolve MCP tools. Per-identity grants. Full audit log. Live in minutes. Nothing to install.
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