Stop the active network capture session and return all captured data. Returns comprehensive network traffic including requests, responses, WebSocket frames, and streaming data with timestamps and headers. Use this to analyze captured network activity or save data for later processing.
AI agents call stop_network_capture to retrieve information from WebScout MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool stops a capture session and retrieves the collected network data (requests, responses, WebSocket frames, headers). The primary action is returning/reading captured data rather than modifying or destroying it. However, it does implicitly terminate the capture session as a side effect.
From the tool's definition Stop the active network capture session and return all captured data. Returns comprehensive network traffic including requests, responses, WebSocket frames, and streaming data with timestamps and headers.
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Stop the active network capture session and return all captured data. Returns comprehensive network traffic including requests, responses, WebSocket frames, and streaming data with timestamps and headers. Use this to analyze captured network activity or save data for later processing. It is categorised as a Read tool in the WebScout MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the WebScout MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for stop_network_capture: 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 WebScout MCP. Nothing to install.
stop_network_capture 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 stop_network_capture 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 stop_network_capture. 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.
stop_network_capture is provided by the WebScout MCP server (pyscout/webscout-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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