Comprehensive Windows driver scanning and analysis tool. Scans drivers using WMI, provides detailed information about driver status, signing, security, and health. Supports filtering by various criteria and includes security analysis.
AI agents call scan_drivers 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.
scan_drivers performs diagnostic scanning and information retrieval about Windows drivers, their status, signing certificates, security posture, and health metrics. The verb "scan" combined with "provides detailed information" and "filtering" indicates data gathering and analysis activities.
From the tool's definition The tool "scans drivers using WMI, provides detailed information about driver status, signing, security, and health" with "filtering by various criteria" — these are read-only diagnostic operations that retrieve and analyze system information without…
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Comprehensive Windows driver scanning and analysis tool. Scans drivers using WMI, provides detailed information about driver status, signing, security, and health. Supports filtering by various criteria and includes security analysis. 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 scan_drivers: 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.
scan_drivers 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 scan_drivers 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 scan_drivers. 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.
scan_drivers 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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