# scene_read

Canonical HTML page: https://bitterclip.com/docs/assistants/tools/scene_read

Surface: default model and app

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Source: https://app.bitterclip.com/api/v1/mcp_descriptors.json

Read a saved scene's source verbatim, its revision/hash, settings and version history before editing. Omit project_id for your account. Optional revision reads a retained version; restoring means writing that source as a new revision using the current guards. Optional line bounds limit a large read. Edit matching is literal, including whitespace; no regular-expression replacement expansion occurs.

The JSON blocks below are the exact MCP descriptor projections served by Rails for the named profiles at capture time. Security schemes and resource URIs may vary by connected host.

## Default model descriptor

```json
{
  "name": "scene_read",
  "title": "Read FX scene source",
  "description": "Read a saved scene's source verbatim, its revision/hash, settings and version history before editing. Omit project_id for your account. Optional revision reads a retained version; restoring means writing that source as a new revision using the current guards. Optional line bounds limit a large read. Edit matching is literal, including whitespace; no regular-expression replacement expansion occurs.",
  "inputSchema": {
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "project_id": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "scene_id": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "revision": {
        "type": "integer",
        "minimum": 1
      },
      "start_line": {
        "type": "integer",
        "minimum": 1
      },
      "end_line": {
        "type": "integer",
        "minimum": 1
      }
    },
    "required": [
      "scene_id"
    ],
    "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "annotations": {
    "readOnlyHint": true,
    "destructiveHint": false,
    "idempotentHint": true,
    "openWorldHint": false
  },
  "securitySchemes": [
    {
      "type": "noauth"
    }
  ],
  "_meta": {
    "securitySchemes": [
      {
        "type": "noauth"
      }
    ],
    "ui": {
      "visibility": [
        "model",
        "app"
      ]
    },
    "openai/widgetAccessible": true
  }
}
```

## App descriptor

```json
{
  "name": "scene_read",
  "title": "Read FX scene source",
  "description": "Read a saved scene's source verbatim, its revision/hash, settings and version history before editing. Omit project_id for your account. Optional revision reads a retained version; restoring means writing that source as a new revision using the current guards. Optional line bounds limit a large read. Edit matching is literal, including whitespace; no regular-expression replacement expansion occurs.",
  "inputSchema": {
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "project_id": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "scene_id": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "revision": {
        "type": "integer",
        "minimum": 1
      },
      "start_line": {
        "type": "integer",
        "minimum": 1
      },
      "end_line": {
        "type": "integer",
        "minimum": 1
      }
    },
    "required": [
      "scene_id"
    ],
    "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "annotations": {
    "readOnlyHint": true,
    "destructiveHint": false,
    "idempotentHint": true,
    "openWorldHint": false
  },
  "securitySchemes": [
    {
      "type": "noauth"
    }
  ],
  "_meta": {
    "securitySchemes": [
      {
        "type": "noauth"
      }
    ],
    "ui": {
      "visibility": [
        "model",
        "app"
      ]
    },
    "openai/widgetAccessible": true
  },
  "outputSchema": {
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "scene": {
        "type": "object"
      },
      "source": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "byte_size": {
        "type": "integer"
      },
      "sha256": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "history": {
        "type": "array",
        "items": {
          "type": "object"
        }
      },
      "warnings": {
        "type": "array",
        "items": {
          "type": "object"
        }
      }
    },
    "required": [],
    "additionalProperties": false
  }
}
```

## Live Workspace descriptor

```json
{
  "name": "scene_read",
  "title": "Read FX scene source",
  "description": "Read a saved scene's source verbatim, its revision/hash, settings and version history before editing. Omit project_id for your account. Optional revision reads a retained version; restoring means writing that source as a new revision using the current guards. Optional line bounds limit a large read. Edit matching is literal, including whitespace; no regular-expression replacement expansion occurs.",
  "inputSchema": {
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "project_id": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "scene_id": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "revision": {
        "type": "integer",
        "minimum": 1
      },
      "start_line": {
        "type": "integer",
        "minimum": 1
      },
      "end_line": {
        "type": "integer",
        "minimum": 1
      }
    },
    "required": [
      "scene_id"
    ],
    "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "annotations": {
    "readOnlyHint": true,
    "destructiveHint": false,
    "idempotentHint": true,
    "openWorldHint": false
  },
  "securitySchemes": [
    {
      "type": "noauth"
    }
  ],
  "_meta": {
    "securitySchemes": [
      {
        "type": "noauth"
      }
    ],
    "ui": {
      "visibility": [
        "model",
        "app"
      ]
    },
    "openai/widgetAccessible": true
  },
  "outputSchema": {
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "scene": {
        "type": "object"
      },
      "source": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "byte_size": {
        "type": "integer"
      },
      "sha256": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "history": {
        "type": "array",
        "items": {
          "type": "object"
        }
      },
      "warnings": {
        "type": "array",
        "items": {
          "type": "object"
        }
      }
    },
    "required": [],
    "additionalProperties": false
  }
}
```

## Errors

```json
[
  "project_not_found",
  "invalid_input"
]
```

## Examples

```json
[
  {
    "label": "Read before editing",
    "input": {
      "scene_id": "light-study"
    }
  }
]
```