Retrieve a list of installed applications on the system. Supports filtering by Start Menu entries and Desktop shortcuts, with an option to exclude system applications. Returns application details including name, start command, optional stop command, and working directory.
AI agents call get_installed_apps to retrieve information from Wuying AgentBay without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This is a straightforward read operation that queries system metadata (installed applications) without side effects. The tool returns application details but does not execute, modify, or delete anything. The potential information disclosure is minimal in a cloud execution environment context, warranting low severity.
From the tool's definition Tool 'get_installed_apps' retrieves/lists installed applications with filtering options. No modification, deletion, or execution capability—purely informational enumeration of system state.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_installed_apps gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Wuying AgentBay, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for get_installed_apps:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"get_installed_apps": {}
}
}get_installed_apps is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Retrieve a list of installed applications on the system. Supports filtering by Start Menu entries and Desktop shortcuts, with an option to exclude system applications. Returns application details including name, start command, optional stop command, and working directory. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Wuying AgentBay MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Wuying AgentBay MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_installed_apps: 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 Wuying AgentBay. Nothing to install.
get_installed_apps 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_installed_apps 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_installed_apps. 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_installed_apps is provided by the Wuying AgentBay MCP server (michael98671/agentbay). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Wuying AgentBay, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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