timeline_grab_all_stills

What timeline_grab_all_stills does on DaVinci Resolve MCP

AI agents use timeline_grab_all_stills 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.

Why timeline_grab_all_stills is rated Medium

This tool captures and exports still frames from video timelines, creating new media artifacts (image files). While it doesn't delete or execute arbitrary code, it does create/write new data assets to the system. The severity is medium because the blast radius of unintended still extraction is limited—it creates files but doesn't modify existing edits, delete content, or execute external commands.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'timeline_grab_all_stills' and description 'Grab stills from all frames at the current position across all timelines' indicate the tool creates or extracts still image files from video timelines, which constitutes data creation/output modification.

The rule that runs timeline_grab_all_stills safely

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and DaVinci Resolve MCP, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For timeline_grab_all_stills, this is the rule to start with:

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "timeline_grab_all_stills": {
      "limits": [
        {
          "counter": "timeline_grab_all_stills_rate",
          "window": "minute",
          "max": 30,
          "scope": "grant"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

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