# manage_system

System config, loggers, voice/audio, and binding scans. action: system_info, services, service_config_get, service_config_update, logger_list, logger_set, transformations, templates, trigger_scan, voice_say, voice_interpret, voices, audio_sinks, audio_sources, habot.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `manage_system`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/deswong-openhab-mcp/manage-system

## Facts

- Tool: `manage_system`
- Server: Openhab (`deswong/openhab-mcp`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/deswong-openhab-mcp.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/deswong/Openhab-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": "manage_system",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
```

## Why manage_system is rated High

This tool spans multiple categories. 'service_config_update' and 'logger_set' are Write operations modifying system config. 'trigger_scan', 'voice_say', and 'voice_interpret' trigger external operations whose effects depend on arguments (Execute). Since Execute > Write, the tool is classified as Execute.

From the tool's own definition: "actions include 'service_config_update', 'logger_set', 'trigger_scan', 'voice_say', 'voice_interpret' — these trigger external operations, modify system configuration, and execute voice/audio commands"

## Use case

AI agents invoke manage_system to trigger actions in Openhab. 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 Openhab:

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

## Other tools on Openhab (24)

- `manage_item` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/deswong-openhab-mcp/manage-item.md
- `manage_rule` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/deswong-openhab-mcp/manage-rule.md
- `manage_thing` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/deswong-openhab-mcp/manage-thing.md
- `manage_ui` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/deswong-openhab-mcp/manage-ui.md
- `automation` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/deswong-openhab-mcp/automation.md
- `control_media` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/deswong-openhab-mcp/control-media.md
- `execute_batch` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/deswong-openhab-mcp/execute-batch.md
- `remediate` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/deswong-openhab-mcp/remediate.md
- `schedule_command` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/deswong-openhab-mcp/schedule-command.md
- `send_command` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/deswong-openhab-mcp/send-command.md
- `analyze_home` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/deswong-openhab-mcp/analyze-home.md
- `diagnose_item` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/deswong-openhab-mcp/diagnose-item.md
- `generate_home_blueprint` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/deswong-openhab-mcp/generate-home-blueprint.md
- `get_system_summary` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/deswong-openhab-mcp/get-system-summary.md
- `initial_discovery` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/deswong-openhab-mcp/initial-discovery.md
- `manage_logs` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/deswong-openhab-mcp/manage-logs.md
- `mcp_status` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/deswong-openhab-mcp/mcp-status.md
- `query_items` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/deswong-openhab-mcp/query-items.md
- `query_rules` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/deswong-openhab-mcp/query-rules.md
- `query_things` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/deswong-openhab-mcp/query-things.md
- `resolve_item` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/deswong-openhab-mcp/resolve-item.md
- `manage_link` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/deswong-openhab-mcp/manage-link.md
- `manage_persistence` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/deswong-openhab-mcp/manage-persistence.md
- `manage_scene` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/deswong-openhab-mcp/manage-scene.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=deswong-openhab-mcp · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/deswong-openhab-mcp