find_process_by_port

What find_process_by_port does on Desktop Commander MCP Server

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

Why find_process_by_port is rated Low

This tool queries system state (which process occupies a port) and returns information—it has no side effects, does not execute commands, does not modify data, and does not trigger external operations. It is purely informational, similar to the sibling tools like get_process_details, get_network_stats, and get_cpu_per_core, all of which are Read category.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'find_process_by_port' and description 'Find which process is using a specific network port' indicate a read-only query operation that retrieves process information without modification or execution of code.

The rule that runs find_process_by_port safely

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

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

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