Get the current video item at the playhead.
AI agents call timeline_get_current_video_item 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 retrieves information about the video item at the current playhead position in the timeline. It performs a read-only query of existing video editing state with no side effects—no data is created, modified, deleted, or executed. The operation is non-destructive and has minimal blast radius if misused by an AI agent, as it only retrieves information already present in the project.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'timeline_get_current_video_item' and description 'Get the current video item at the playhead' indicate a retrieval operation that queries state without modification.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access timeline_get_current_video_item 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_get_current_video_item:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"timeline_get_current_video_item": {}
}
}timeline_get_current_video_item is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get the current video item at the playhead. 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 timeline_get_current_video_item: 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_get_current_video_item 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 timeline_get_current_video_item 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_get_current_video_item. 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_get_current_video_item 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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