# analyze_pcap

Analyze a PCAP file and provide general packet data as JSON for LLM analysis

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `analyze_pcap`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/0xkoda-wiremcp/analyze-pcap

## Facts

- Tool: `analyze_pcap`
- Server: WireMCP (`0xkoda/wiremcp`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/0xkoda-wiremcp.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/0xKoda/WireMCP
- Risk category: Read (Low risk)
- Registry record: grade B, identity unverified
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 0
- Recommended policy verdict: Allowed

## Example call (MCP tools/call, JSON-RPC 2.0)

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "analyze_pcap",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
```

## Why analyze_pcap is rated Low

This tool retrieves and queries packet capture data for analysis purposes. While the sibling tool 'extract_credentials' suggests the server can expose sensitive data (medium severity concern), analyze_pcap itself is read-only — it extracts and presents data without side effects.

From the tool's own definition: "Tool performs 'Analyze a PCAP file and provide general packet data as JSON' — a data retrieval and analysis operation with no modification, deletion, or execution of external commands. It reads and interprets existing network capture files."

## Use case

AI agents call analyze_pcap to retrieve information from WireMCP without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Allowed**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches WireMCP:

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "analyze_pcap": {}
  }
}
```

## Other tools on WireMCP (6)

- `capture_packets` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/0xkoda-wiremcp/capture-packets.md
- `get_summary_stats` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/0xkoda-wiremcp/get-summary-stats.md
- `check_ip_threats` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/0xkoda-wiremcp/check-ip-threats.md
- `check_threats` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/0xkoda-wiremcp/check-threats.md
- `extract_credentials` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/0xkoda-wiremcp/extract-credentials.md
- `get_conversations` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/0xkoda-wiremcp/get-conversations.md

## For agents

This record is a snapshot. Live verdicts and the full registry:

- Check every server in your MCP config at once: `npx -y policylayer stack`
- Vet a server before you add it: install the mcp-precheck skill — `npx skills add https://policylayer.com` (skill text: https://policylayer.com/skill.md)
- Query the registry over MCP: endpoint `https://api.policylayer.com/mcp` — tools `check_mcp_server`, `check_mcp_stack`, `check_tool`, `search_registry`, `get_change_events`

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Source: the PolicyLayer MCP registry — one continuously verified record per MCP server. Full record: https://policylayer.com/registry?q=0xkoda-wiremcp · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/0xkoda-wiremcp