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MCP Google Workspace

26 tools. 16 can modify or destroy data without limits.

4 destructive tools with no built-in limits. Policy required.

Last updated: 3 Oct 2026

16 can modify or destroy data

10 read-only

26 tools total

Community server · catalogue entry checked 03/10/2026

How to control MCP Google Workspace ↓

TOOL MAP

What MCP Google Workspace exposes to your agents

Read (10) Write / Execute (12) Destructive / Financial (4)

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MOST DANGEROUS TOOLS

Critical Risk

The most dangerous MCP Google Workspace tools

Destructive · High delete-contact This tool performs irreversible deletion of contact records. Destructive · High delete-email This tool performs irreversible deletion of email messages. Destructive · High delete-event This tool irreversibly deletes calendar events with no undo capability. Destructive · High delete-label Deleting labels is irreversible and removes organizational metadata from Gmail.

16 of MCP Google Workspace's 26 tools can modify, destroy, or commit something on every call — and an agent calls them with no built-in limits.

POLICY

How to control MCP Google Workspace

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and MCP Google Workspace, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. These are the rules we recommend:

Deny destructive operations

{
  "delete-contact": {
    "deny_if": [
      {
        "conditions": [],
        "on_deny": "Blocked by default. Requires approval."
      }
    ]
  }
}

Destructive tools should never be available to autonomous agents without human approval.

Rate limit write operations

{
  "batch-update-emails": {
    "limits": [
      {
        "counter": "batch-update-emails_per_hour",
        "window": "hour",
        "max": 30,
        "scope": "grant"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Prevents bulk unintended modifications from agents caught in loops.

Cap read operations

{
  "get-contact": {
    "limits": [
      {
        "counter": "get-contact_per_minute",
        "window": "minute",
        "max": 60,
        "scope": "grant"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Controls API costs and prevents retry loops from exhausting upstream rate limits.

Create a free account and register MCP Google Workspace — nothing to install.
Add these rules — paste them, or build them visually. Tune the limits to your setup.
Point your MCP client (Claude, Cursor, anything) at your gateway URL.

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FULL CATALOGUE

All 26 MCP Google Workspace tools

DESTRUCTIVE 4 tools

Destructive delete-contact Remove contact permanently. Returns: empty on success. Use when: deleting person from contacts. Note: permanen Destructive delete-email Move email to trash or delete permanently. Returns: success status. Use when: removing emails. Default: trash Destructive delete-event Remove event from calendar. Returns: empty on success. Use when: canceling appointments. Note: permanent delet Destructive delete-label Remove custom label. Returns: empty on success. Use when: cleaning up unused labels. Note: can

WRITE 12 tools

Write batch-update-emails Modify multiple emails labels/status. Returns: empty on success (no response body). Use when: bulk operations Write create-contact Create new contact. Returns: created contact with resourceName, etag, metadata. Use when: adding new person to Write create-draft Create unsent email draft. Returns: draft id and message. Use when: composing email for later editing/sending. Write create-event Create calendar event. Returns: created event with id, htmlLink, start, end, status. Use when: scheduling new Write create-label Create custom label. Returns: new label with id, name, type= Write send-draft Send saved draft. Returns: sent message with id, threadId, labelIds. Use when: sending previously created draf Write send-email Send new email or reply. Returns: sent message id and threadId. Use when: composing new email or replying to t Write update-contact Modify existing contact. Returns: updated contact with new etag. Use when: changing contact details. Note: req Write update-draft Modify existing draft. Returns: updated draft with id, message. Use when: editing unsent draft content. Note: Write update-email Modify single email labels/status. Returns: updated message with new labelIds. Use when: marking one email rea Write update-event Modify existing event. Returns: updated event with id, summary, start, end. Use when: rescheduling, changing d Write update-label Modify label properties. Returns: updated label. Use when: renaming labels, changing visibility. Note: can

READ 10 tools

Read get-contact Retrieve one contact by resourceName. Returns: full contact with all requested fields. Use when: viewing detai Read get-email Retrieve one email by messageId. Returns: full message with headers, body (plain/html), attachments metadata. Read get-freebusy Check calendar availability. Returns: busy time blocks per calendar. Use when: finding available slots, schedu Read list-calendars List user calendars. Returns: array of calendar objects with id, summary, accessRole, backgroundColor, primary Read list-colors Get color palette. Returns: event colors (1-11) and calendar colors with hex values. Use when: displaying colo Read list-contacts List Google Contacts. Returns: array with resourceName, names, emailAddresses, phoneNumbers per contact. Use w Read list-emails Search emails in Gmail. Returns: array with id, threadId only (no content/labels). Use when: finding emails to Read list-events List calendar events. Returns: array of event objects with id, summary, start, end, status, recurrence. Use wh Read list-labels List Gmail labels. Returns: array with id, name, type (system/user). Use when: showing folder structure, findi Read search-events Search events by text. Returns: filtered array of events matching query in summary/description/location. Use w

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FAQ

Questions about MCP Google Workspace

Can an AI agent delete data through the MCP Google Workspace MCP server? +

Yes. The MCP Google Workspace server exposes 4 destructive tools including delete-contact, delete-email, delete-event. These permanently remove resources with no undo. PolicyLayer blocks destructive tools by default so they never reach the upstream server.

How do I prevent bulk modifications through MCP Google Workspace? +

The MCP Google Workspace server has 12 write tools including batch-update-emails, create-contact, create-draft. Set a rate limit in your policy -- for example, 10 calls per hour prevents an agent from making more than 10 modifications per hour. PolicyLayer enforces this at the gateway, before calls reach MCP Google Workspace.

How many tools does the MCP Google Workspace MCP server expose? +

26 tools across 3 categories: Destructive, Read, Write. 10 are read-only. 16 can modify, create, or delete data.

How do I enforce a policy on MCP Google Workspace? +

Register the MCP Google Workspace MCP server in PolicyLayer, apply the suggested rules above (adjust the limits to your use case), and point your AI client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL instead of the server directly. Your agents keep the same tools; PolicyLayer evaluates every call against policy before it executes. Nothing to install, live in minutes.

Enforce policy on every MCP Google Workspace tool call.

Deterministic rules across all 26 MCP Google Workspace tools. Per-identity grants. Full audit log. Live in minutes. Nothing to install.

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26 MCP Google Workspace tools catalogued and risk-classified — across an index of 46,500+ MCP servers.

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