# move_file

Moves a file or folder into another folder (or shared drive) and returns id, name and the new parents. By default the file leaves all its current parents (a plain move); keep_existing_parents=true only adds the new parent — note that files in shared drives always have exactly one parent, so keeping old parents fails there. Moving between My Drive and a shared drive changes ownership rules and may be rejected by the drive's settings. The move costs one extra read (the current parents are fetched first).

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `move_file`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/a1-x-tech-mcp-google-drive/move-file

## Facts

- Tool: `move_file`
- Server: Mcp Google Drive (`@a1-x-tech/mcp-google-drive`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/a1-x-tech-mcp-google-drive.md
- Install: `npx -y @a1-x-tech/mcp-google-drive`
- Homepage: https://github.com/A1-x-Tech/mcp-google-drive
- Risk category: Write (Medium risk)
- Registry record: grade F, identity unverified
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 3 (2 required)
- Recommended policy verdict: Rate-limited

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `file_id` | string | yes | The file id — the long id from the Drive URL (drive.google.com/file/d/<fileId> or docs.google.com/.../d/<fileId>/edit) or from search_files/get_file output. Fol |
| `new_parent_id` | string | yes | Destination folder or shared-drive id ('root' = My Drive top level). |
| `keep_existing_parents` | boolean | no | Add the new parent without removing the old ones (My Drive only; default false = a real move). |

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": "move_file",
    "arguments": {
      "file_id": "<file_id>",
      "new_parent_id": "<new_parent_id>"
    }
  }
}
```

## Why move_file is rated Medium

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

## Use case

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

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

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

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

## Other tools on Mcp Google Drive (14)

- `delete_file_forever` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/a1-x-tech-mcp-google-drive/delete-file-forever.md
- `manage_comments` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/a1-x-tech-mcp-google-drive/manage-comments.md
- `manage_permissions` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/a1-x-tech-mcp-google-drive/manage-permissions.md
- `raw_request` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/a1-x-tech-mcp-google-drive/raw-request.md
- `trash_file` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/a1-x-tech-mcp-google-drive/trash-file.md
- `download_file` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/a1-x-tech-mcp-google-drive/download-file.md
- `get_file` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/a1-x-tech-mcp-google-drive/get-file.md
- `list_shared_drives` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/a1-x-tech-mcp-google-drive/list-shared-drives.md
- `search_files` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/a1-x-tech-mcp-google-drive/search-files.md
- `copy_file` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/a1-x-tech-mcp-google-drive/copy-file.md
- `create_folder` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/a1-x-tech-mcp-google-drive/create-folder.md
- `export_file` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/a1-x-tech-mcp-google-drive/export-file.md
- `update_file_metadata` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/a1-x-tech-mcp-google-drive/update-file-metadata.md
- `upload_file` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/a1-x-tech-mcp-google-drive/upload-file.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-drive · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/a1-x-tech-mcp-google-drive