Import media files into the current media pool folder.
AI agents use import_media to create or update resources in DaVinci Resolve MCP Server — usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your DaVinci Resolve MCP Server environment.
This tool creates new entries in the media pool by importing files, modifying the project state reversibly. While it doesn't execute code or delete data, it does alter the project by adding media assets. The severity is medium because misuse could add unwanted or malicious media files to a project, potentially affecting downstream edits or distributing inappropriate content, but the action is reversible by deletion.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'import_media' and description 'Import media files into the current media pool folder' indicate creation/addition of media assets to a project.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access import_media gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and DaVinci Resolve MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for import_media:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"import_media": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "import_media_rate",
"window": "minute",
"max": 30,
"scope": "grant"
}
]
}
}
}import_media 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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Import media files into the current media pool folder. It is categorised as a Write tool in the DaVinci Resolve MCP Server MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.
Register the DaVinci Resolve MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for import_media: 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 Server. Nothing to install.
import_media 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 import_media 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 import_media. 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.
import_media is provided by the DaVinci Resolve MCP Server MCP server (tooflex/davinci-resolve-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from DaVinci Resolve MCP Server, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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