> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.kikimora.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Viewing a check

> Open the check preview overlay to read a rule's description, rationale, remediation steps, and the evaluation script behind it.

Clicking any check title opens the **Check Preview** overlay. It gives you the security context, rationale, and remediation for that rule without navigating away from where you were.

You can open it from an endpoint's Policy Checks table, or from step 2 of the Create Custom Policy wizard.

## What the overlay contains

| Section         | What it tells you                                                                                                         |
| :-------------- | :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Description** | The security concept, the baseline requirement, and the system behavior the check enforces.                               |
| **Rationale**   | The underlying risk, potential exploit scenarios, and the compliance standard driving the recommendation.                 |
| **Remediation** | Step-by-step guidance, the Group Policy path, or the command-line syntax that brings a non-compliant system into line.    |
| **Rule**        | The automated evaluation script, configuration parameter, registry path, or command Wazuh SCA runs to audit the endpoint. |

## Open a check

1. Click a check title link in the checks table.

   <img src="https://mintcdn.com/kikimora/_61TKijx1WdBSLGY/images/compliance-hardening/view-check--01--preview.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=_61TKijx1WdBSLGY&q=85&s=9b54674dd215e31556f60e6e1bbf4f95" alt="Check preview overlay open over the checks table, showing the description, rationale, remediation, and rule sections" width="1920" height="1080" data-path="images/compliance-hardening/view-check--01--preview.png" />

2. Read through the sections, then click **Close** or the **X** icon. You return to your exact place in the table, with filters and scroll position intact.
