windows_pslist
AI agents call windows_pslist to retrieve information from Velociraptor MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
Process listing is fundamentally a read operation that queries system state without modification. Even in incident response context, pslist gathers intelligence for investigation. Confidence is 0.85 rather than higher because the description is empty and we rely on tool name inference, but the risk profile of process enumeration is clearly low—it has no write, execute, or destructive side effects.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'windows_pslist' suggests listing Windows processes (analogous to 'pslist' utility). No destructive parameters evident.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
windows_pslist. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Velociraptor MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Velociraptor MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for windows_pslist: 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 Velociraptor MCP Server. Nothing to install.
windows_pslist 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 windows_pslist 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 windows_pslist. 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.
windows_pslist is provided by the Velociraptor MCP Server MCP server (snoe-findley/mcp-velociraptor). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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