Analyze disk usage and show largest files/directories
AI agents call analyze_disk_usage to retrieve information from Mcp Windows without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and reports disk usage metrics and file/directory information. It does not create, modify, delete, execute commands, or perform financial operations. The operation is passive observation of existing system state, making it a Read category tool with low severity since unauthorized disk analysis poses minimal risk compared to write or destructive operations.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'analyze_disk_usage' and description 'Analyze disk usage and show largest files/directories' indicates data retrieval without modification. Keywords 'analyze' and 'show' denote read-only operations that query system state.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access analyze_disk_usage gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Mcp Windows, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for analyze_disk_usage:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"analyze_disk_usage": {}
}
}analyze_disk_usage is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Analyze disk usage and show largest files/directories. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Mcp Windows MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Mcp Windows MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for analyze_disk_usage: 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 Mcp Windows. Nothing to install.
analyze_disk_usage 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 analyze_disk_usage 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 analyze_disk_usage. 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.
analyze_disk_usage is provided by the Mcp Windows MCP server (mukul975/mcp-windows-automation). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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