AI agents call fetch_show_progress to retrieve information from Trakt without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
The verb 'fetch' combined with 'show_progress' (a personal viewing metric) indicates this tool queries and retrieves user data about show progression without modifying, deleting, or executing external operations. No side effects are implied.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'fetch_show_progress' indicates retrieval of show progress data. The description is empty, but the naming pattern matches sibling Read tools like 'fetch_anticipated_movies', 'fetch_anticipated_shows', and 'fetch_boxoffice_movies', which retrieve…
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access fetch_show_progress gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Trakt, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for fetch_show_progress:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"fetch_show_progress": {}
}
}fetch_show_progress is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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fetch_show_progress. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Trakt MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Trakt MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for fetch_show_progress: 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 Trakt. Nothing to install.
fetch_show_progress 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 fetch_show_progress 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 fetch_show_progress. 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.
fetch_show_progress is provided by the Trakt MCP server (wwiens/trakt_mcpserver). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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