List the applications currently in the session allowlist, plus the active grant flags and coordinate mode. No side effects.
AI agents call list_granted_applications to retrieve information from Computer Use 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 queries the state of allowed applications and their grant flags without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. It is a pure read operation with no side effects, making it the lowest severity risk category.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'list_granted_applications' and description states 'List the applications currently in the session allowlist' which is a retrieval operation. Description explicitly confirms 'No side effects.'
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
List the applications currently in the session allowlist, plus the active grant flags and coordinate mode. No side effects. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Computer Use Windows MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Computer Use Windows MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_granted_applications: 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 Computer Use Windows. Nothing to install.
list_granted_applications 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 list_granted_applications 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 list_granted_applications. 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.
list_granted_applications is provided by the Computer Use Windows MCP server (wimi321/windows-computer-use-skill). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
list_granted_applications is one line of Computer Use Windows's registry record.
The record carries the whole server: verified identity, auth posture, risk grade, every tool classified, recommended policy — re-checked continuously.
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