# set_client

Saves the OAuth client credentials from the JSON file downloaded from Google Cloud Console ('Download JSON' on a Desktop-app client). Pass the file PATH — the secret must never be pasted into the chat. The client is stored once in the shared ~/.config/mcp-google-auth/client.json (owner-only) and reused by every mcp-google-* server; tokens stay per-server. After this, call start_login.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `set_client`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/a1-x-tech-mcp-google-calendar/set-client

## Facts

- Tool: `set_client`
- Server: Mcp Google Calendar (`@a1-x-tech/mcp-google-calendar`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/a1-x-tech-mcp-google-calendar.md
- Install: `npx -y @a1-x-tech/mcp-google-calendar`
- Homepage: https://github.com/A1-x-Tech/mcp-google-calendar
- Risk category: Write (Medium risk)
- Registry record: grade F, identity unverified
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 1 (1 required)
- Recommended policy verdict: Rate-limited

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `path` | string | yes | Absolute path to the client_secret_*.json file downloaded from Google Cloud Console. |

Parameters from the server's own tool schema.

## Example call (MCP tools/call, JSON-RPC 2.0)

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "set_client",
    "arguments": {
      "path": "<path>"
    }
  }
}
```

## Why set_client is rated Medium

An AI agent can call set_client faster than any human can review: one bad instruction and it creates or modifies resources in Mcp Google Calendar by the hundred, each call as confident as the last.

Risk signals: Accepts file system path (path) · Bulk/mass operation — affects multiple targets

## Use case

AI agents use set_client to create or update resources in Mcp Google Calendar, usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your Mcp Google Calendar environment.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Rate-limited**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches Mcp Google Calendar:

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "set_client": {
      "limits": [
        {
          "counter": "set_client_rate",
          "window": "minute",
          "max": 30,
          "scope": "grant"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## Other tools on Mcp Google Calendar (18)

- `delete_event` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/a1-x-tech-mcp-google-calendar/delete-event.md
- `logout` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/a1-x-tech-mcp-google-calendar/logout.md
- `start_login` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/a1-x-tech-mcp-google-calendar/start-login.md
- `auth_status` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/a1-x-tech-mcp-google-calendar/auth-status.md
- `get_calendar` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/a1-x-tech-mcp-google-calendar/get-calendar.md
- `get_event` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/a1-x-tech-mcp-google-calendar/get-event.md
- `list_calendars` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/a1-x-tech-mcp-google-calendar/list-calendars.md
- `list_event_instances` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/a1-x-tech-mcp-google-calendar/list-event-instances.md
- `list_events` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/a1-x-tech-mcp-google-calendar/list-events.md
- `query_free_busy` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/a1-x-tech-mcp-google-calendar/query-free-busy.md
- `raw_request` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/a1-x-tech-mcp-google-calendar/raw-request.md
- `create_event` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/a1-x-tech-mcp-google-calendar/create-event.md
- `create_focus_time` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/a1-x-tech-mcp-google-calendar/create-focus-time.md
- `create_out_of_office` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/a1-x-tech-mcp-google-calendar/create-out-of-office.md
- `finish_login` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/a1-x-tech-mcp-google-calendar/finish-login.md
- `move_event` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/a1-x-tech-mcp-google-calendar/move-event.md
- `setup_instructions` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/a1-x-tech-mcp-google-calendar/setup-instructions.md
- `update_event` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/a1-x-tech-mcp-google-calendar/update-event.md

## For agents

This record is a snapshot. Live verdicts and the full registry:

- Check every server in your MCP config at once: `npx -y policylayer stack`
- Vet a server before you add it: install the mcp-precheck skill — `npx skills add https://policylayer.com` (skill text: https://policylayer.com/skill.md)
- Query the registry over MCP: endpoint `https://api.policylayer.com/mcp` — tools `check_mcp_server`, `check_mcp_stack`, `check_tool`, `search_registry`, `get_change_events`

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Source: the PolicyLayer MCP registry — one continuously verified record per MCP server. Full record: https://policylayer.com/registry?q=a1-x-tech-mcp-google-calendar · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/a1-x-tech-mcp-google-calendar