Get comprehensive Windows system diagnostics including crashes, reboots, and system health
AI agents call get_system_diagnostics to retrieve information from Windows Diagnostics MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and queries system diagnostic data (crashes, reboots, health metrics) without side effects. It is a read-only operation that gathers existing diagnostic information. No data is modified, deleted, executed, or financial in nature. Blast radius is minimal as misuse would only expose diagnostic information to the AI, not alter system state.
From the tool's definition Tool description states it 'Get[s] comprehensive Windows system diagnostics including crashes, reboots, and system health' — purely informational retrieval with no modification, deletion, or execution capability.
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Get comprehensive Windows system diagnostics including crashes, reboots, and system health. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Windows Diagnostics MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Windows Diagnostics MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_system_diagnostics: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Windows Diagnostics MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_system_diagnostics is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the get_system_diagnostics rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for get_system_diagnostics. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
get_system_diagnostics is provided by the Windows Diagnostics MCP Server MCP server (jackalterman/windows-diagnostic-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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