Hunt for IOC (hash, filename, IP, domain) across all forensic artifacts. Searches Prefetch, Amcache, SRUM, MFT, USN Journal, Browser History, EVTX logs, and optionally YARA rules. Answers: Where does this IOC appear? Was this file/hash/domain seen on the system? Is it known malware?
AI agents call hunt_ioc to retrieve information from Windows Forensics MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool is fundamentally a forensic search and analysis tool that retrieves and queries existing data without modifying, deleting, or executing anything. It analyzes artifacts to answer investigative questions about whether specific indicators of compromise have been observed on a system.
From the tool's definition Tool performs searches and queries across forensic artifacts (Prefetch, Amcache, SRUM, MFT, USN Journal, Browser History, EVTX logs, YARA rules) to locate IOCs.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access hunt_ioc gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Windows Forensics MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for hunt_ioc:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"hunt_ioc": {}
}
}hunt_ioc is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Hunt for IOC (hash, filename, IP, domain) across all forensic artifacts. Searches Prefetch, Amcache, SRUM, MFT, USN Journal, Browser History, EVTX logs, and optionally YARA rules. Answers: Where does this IOC appear? Was this file/hash/domain seen on the system? Is it known malware?. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Windows Forensics MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Windows Forensics MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for hunt_ioc: 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 Windows Forensics MCP Server. Nothing to install.
hunt_ioc 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 hunt_ioc 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 hunt_ioc. 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.
hunt_ioc is provided by the Windows Forensics MCP Server MCP server (x746b/winforensics-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Windows Forensics MCP Server, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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