List all takes on an item with their active status.
AI agents call item_take_list to retrieve information from ReaperMCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and displays information about takes (audio/MIDI variants) within a REAPER item without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. It is a straightforward data retrieval function that has no impact on the project state beyond returning existing metadata.
From the tool's definition Tool name is 'item_take_list' and description states it 'List all takes on an item with their active status.' The verb 'list' and 'list all' clearly indicate a read-only query operation with no modification or side effects.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access item_take_list gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and ReaperMCP, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for item_take_list:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"item_take_list": {}
}
}item_take_list is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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List all takes on an item with their active status. It is categorised as a Read tool in the ReaperMCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Reaper MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for item_take_list: 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 ReaperMCP. Nothing to install.
item_take_list 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 item_take_list 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 item_take_list. 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.
item_take_list is provided by the Reaper MCP server (xdarkzx/reaper-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from ReaperMCP, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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