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Hosts

Accessing and managing CrowdStrike Falcon hosts/devices

  • Hosts:read

Required scopes: Hosts:read

Retrieve detailed information for one or more host device IDs.

Use when you already have specific device IDs from search results, the Falcon console, or the Streaming API. For discovering hosts by criteria, use falcon_search_hosts instead. Returns comprehensive host details.

Example prompts:

  • “Get the full details for host device abc123”

Required scopes: Hosts:read

Search for hosts in your CrowdStrike environment.

Use this to find devices by hostname, platform, IP, sensor version, or other attributes. Consult falcon://hosts/search/fql-guide before constructing filter expressions. Returns full host details including device info, OS, and network context.

Example prompts:

  • “Find all Windows hosts in my environment”
  • “Show me hosts last seen in the past 24 hours”
  • falcon://hosts/search/fql-guide: Contains the guide for the filter param of the falcon_search_hosts tool.