sysinfo

What sysinfo does on Claude C2

AI agents call sysinfo to retrieve information from Claude C2 without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

Why sysinfo is rated Low

This tool retrieves and queries system information (operating system details, hardware specifications, domain membership) without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing anything. It has no side effects and falls squarely into the Read category. The low severity reflects that system information disclosure alone poses minimal direct risk, though it could inform reconnaissance in a broader attack chain.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'sysinfo' and description 'Get system info (OS, hardware, domain)' indicate data retrieval with no modification or execution capabilities.

The rule that runs sysinfo safely

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Claude C2, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For sysinfo, this is the rule to start with:

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "sysinfo": {}
  }
}

Questions about sysinfo