# Wait

Pauses execution for specified duration in seconds. Use when waiting for: applications to launch/load, UI animations to complete, page content to render, dialogs to appear, or between rapid actions. Helps ensure UI is ready before next interaction.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `Wait`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/13888285815-windows-mcp/wait

## Facts

- Tool: `Wait`
- Server: Windows-MCP (`13888285815/windows-mcp`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/13888285815-windows-mcp.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/13888285815/windows-mcp
- Risk category: Execute (High risk)
- Registry record: grade F, identity unverified
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 0
- Recommended policy verdict: Rate-limited

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

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

## Why Wait is rated High

This is a control-flow tool that pauses execution. Although benign in isolation, it's an Execute category tool because it influences timing and sequencing of automated operations. It's low severity because waiting itself cannot directly damage systems, but it enables other sibling tools (Click, PowerShell, FileSystem, Process) to execute more reliably, making it part of the execution control pipeline.

From the tool's own definition: "Tool pauses/delays execution for specified duration. While not directly performing system operations, it controls program flow and timing of subsequent actions in automation sequences."

## Use case

AI agents invoke Wait to trigger actions in Windows-MCP. What it does depends on the arguments the agent supplies, and its effects often reach beyond the immediate call: builds kicked off, notifications sent, workflows started.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

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

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "Wait": {
      "limits": [
        {
          "counter": "wait_rate",
          "window": "minute",
          "max": 10,
          "scope": "grant"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## Other tools on Windows-MCP (17)

- `FileSystem` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/13888285815-windows-mcp/filesystem.md
- `App` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/13888285815-windows-mcp/app.md
- `Click` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/13888285815-windows-mcp/click.md
- `MultiEdit` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/13888285815-windows-mcp/multiedit.md
- `MultiSelect` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/13888285815-windows-mcp/multiselect.md
- `PowerShell` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/13888285815-windows-mcp/powershell.md
- `Scroll` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/13888285815-windows-mcp/scroll.md
- `Shortcut` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/13888285815-windows-mcp/shortcut.md
- `Type` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/13888285815-windows-mcp/type.md
- `Clipboard` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/13888285815-windows-mcp/clipboard.md
- `Process` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/13888285815-windows-mcp/process.md
- `Scrape` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/13888285815-windows-mcp/scrape.md
- `Screenshot` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/13888285815-windows-mcp/screenshot.md
- `Snapshot` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/13888285815-windows-mcp/snapshot.md
- `Move` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/13888285815-windows-mcp/move.md
- `Notification` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/13888285815-windows-mcp/notification.md
- `Registry` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/13888285815-windows-mcp/registry.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=13888285815-windows-mcp · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/13888285815-windows-mcp