get_top_consumers

What get_top_consumers does on Desktop Commander MCP Server

AI agents call get_top_consumers 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 get_top_consumers is rated Low

This tool retrieves and reports existing system resource consumption metrics. It has no side effects, does not execute code or commands, does not modify data, and does not perform destructive operations. It is a straightforward information retrieval function similar to the sibling tools 'get_battery_status', 'get_cpu_per_core', and 'get_network_stats' on the same server.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_top_consumers' and description 'Get the top N processes consuming the most CPU or memory' indicate a read-only query operation that retrieves system monitoring data without modifying or executing anything.

The rule that runs get_top_consumers 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 get_top_consumers, this is the rule to start with:

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

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