# auth_status

Shows whether this server is connected to Google: token presence and source (env variables or a stored in-chat login), expiry, the Google account email, granted vs missing OAuth scopes, where the credentials file lives and where the OAuth client comes from. Makes no network calls and never returns the token itself. Call it first when other tools report the server is not connected.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `auth_status`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/a1-x-tech-mcp-google-docs/auth-status

## Facts

- Tool: `auth_status`
- Server: Mcp Google Docs (`@a1-x-tech/mcp-google-docs`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/a1-x-tech-mcp-google-docs.md
- Install: `npx -y @a1-x-tech/mcp-google-docs`
- Homepage: https://github.com/A1-x-Tech/mcp-google-docs
- Risk category: Read (Low risk)
- Registry record: grade F, identity unverified
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 0
- Recommended policy verdict: Allowed

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

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "auth_status",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
```

## Why auth_status is rated Low

Even though auth_status only reads data, uncontrolled read access leaks sensitive information and racks up API costs: an agent caught in a retry loop can make thousands of calls a minute without anyone noticing.

## Use case

AI agents call auth_status to retrieve information from Mcp Google Docs without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

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

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "auth_status": {}
  }
}
```

## Other tools on Mcp Google Docs (26)

- `delete_range` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/a1-x-tech-mcp-google-docs/delete-range.md
- `logout` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/a1-x-tech-mcp-google-docs/logout.md
- `manage_comment` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/a1-x-tech-mcp-google-docs/manage-comment.md
- `start_login` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/a1-x-tech-mcp-google-docs/start-login.md
- `style_paragraph` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/a1-x-tech-mcp-google-docs/style-paragraph.md
- `get_document` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/a1-x-tech-mcp-google-docs/get-document.md
- `list_comments` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/a1-x-tech-mcp-google-docs/list-comments.md
- `list_tabs` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/a1-x-tech-mcp-google-docs/list-tabs.md
- `raw_request` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/a1-x-tech-mcp-google-docs/raw-request.md
- `read_document_text` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/a1-x-tech-mcp-google-docs/read-document-text.md
- `style_text` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/a1-x-tech-mcp-google-docs/style-text.md
- `create_document` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/a1-x-tech-mcp-google-docs/create-document.md
- `edit_table` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/a1-x-tech-mcp-google-docs/edit-table.md
- `export_document` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/a1-x-tech-mcp-google-docs/export-document.md
- `finish_login` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/a1-x-tech-mcp-google-docs/finish-login.md
- `import_markdown` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/a1-x-tech-mcp-google-docs/import-markdown.md
- `insert_break` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/a1-x-tech-mcp-google-docs/insert-break.md
- `insert_image` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/a1-x-tech-mcp-google-docs/insert-image.md
- `insert_table` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/a1-x-tech-mcp-google-docs/insert-table.md
- `insert_text` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/a1-x-tech-mcp-google-docs/insert-text.md
- `replace_all_text` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/a1-x-tech-mcp-google-docs/replace-all-text.md
- `replace_image` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/a1-x-tech-mcp-google-docs/replace-image.md
- `replace_range` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/a1-x-tech-mcp-google-docs/replace-range.md
- `set_client` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/a1-x-tech-mcp-google-docs/set-client.md
- `set_paragraph_bullets` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/a1-x-tech-mcp-google-docs/set-paragraph-bullets.md
- `setup_instructions` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/a1-x-tech-mcp-google-docs/setup-instructions.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-docs · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/a1-x-tech-mcp-google-docs