Returns a comprehensive dashboard with VM status, resource usage (CPU/RAM/Disk), active background tasks, and recent logs.
AI agents call get_vm_dashboard to retrieve information from Virtualbox MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and aggregates operational information about virtual machines for monitoring and diagnostic purposes. It performs no creation, modification, deletion, or execution of actions. The worst-case misuse scenario is an AI agent obtaining visibility into VM state, which carries minimal risk compared to tools that can create or destroy VMs on this server.
From the tool's definition The tool description states it 'Returns a comprehensive dashboard with VM status, resource usage (CPU/RAM/Disk), active background tasks, and recent logs.' The verb 'Returns' indicates data retrieval without modification.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Returns a comprehensive dashboard with VM status, resource usage (CPU/RAM/Disk), active background tasks, and recent logs. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Virtualbox MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Virtualbox MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_vm_dashboard: 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 Virtualbox MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_vm_dashboard 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_vm_dashboard 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_vm_dashboard. 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_vm_dashboard is provided by the Virtualbox MCP Server MCP server (usemanusai/virtualbox-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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