listDocuments
Lists Google Documents in your Drive, optionally filtered by name or content. Use modifiedAfter to find recently changed documents.
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What listDocuments does on Claude MCP x Google Docs
AI agents call listDocuments to retrieve information from Claude MCP x Google Docs without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
Why listDocuments is rated Low
The tool retrieves metadata about Google Documents without altering them, executing code, or causing side effects. Listing and filtering existing documents is a read-only operation with minimal risk—no data is modified, deleted, or sent elsewhere. The main concern is information disclosure (what documents exist), which is typically low severity unless the user's document collection itself is highly sensitive.
From the tool's definition Tool performs 'Lists Google Documents' with optional filtering by name, content, and modification time. No modification, deletion, or execution of code is involved. This is a pure retrieval/query operation.
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The rule that runs listDocuments safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Claude MCP x Google Docs, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For listDocuments, this is the rule to start with:
listDocuments is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Claude MCP x Google Docs, apply this rule, and every listDocuments call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about listDocuments
Lists Google Documents in your Drive, optionally filtered by name or content. Use modifiedAfter to find recently changed documents. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Claude MCP x Google Docs MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Claude MCP x Google Docs MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for listDocuments: 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 Claude MCP x Google Docs. Nothing to install.
listDocuments 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 listDocuments 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 listDocuments. 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.
listDocuments is provided by the Claude MCP x Google Docs MCP server (a-bonus/google-docs-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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