# update_backup_schedule

Update a Firestore backup schedule.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `update_backup_schedule`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/com-googleapis-firestore-mcp/update-backup-schedule

## Facts

- Tool: `update_backup_schedule`
- Server: Mcp (`https://firestore.googleapis.com/mcp`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-googleapis-firestore-mcp.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/https://firestore.googleapis.com/mcp
- Risk category: Write (Medium risk)
- Registry record: grade F, identity unverified
- Server auth posture: open
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 2 (1 required)
- Recommended policy verdict: Rate-limited

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `updateMask` | string | no | The list of fields to be updated. |
| `backupSchedule` | object | yes | Required. The backup schedule to update. |

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": "update_backup_schedule",
    "arguments": {
      "backupSchedule": {}
    }
  }
}
```

## Why update_backup_schedule is rated Medium

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

## Use case

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

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

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

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

## Other tools on Mcp (22)

- `delete_backup` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-googleapis-firestore-mcp/delete-backup.md
- `delete_backup_schedule` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-googleapis-firestore-mcp/delete-backup-schedule.md
- `delete_database` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-googleapis-firestore-mcp/delete-database.md
- `delete_document` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-googleapis-firestore-mcp/delete-document.md
- `delete_index` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-googleapis-firestore-mcp/delete-index.md
- `get_backup` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-googleapis-firestore-mcp/get-backup.md
- `get_backup_schedule` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-googleapis-firestore-mcp/get-backup-schedule.md
- `get_database` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-googleapis-firestore-mcp/get-database.md
- `get_document` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-googleapis-firestore-mcp/get-document.md
- `get_index` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-googleapis-firestore-mcp/get-index.md
- `list_backup_schedules` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-googleapis-firestore-mcp/list-backup-schedules.md
- `list_backups` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-googleapis-firestore-mcp/list-backups.md
- `list_collections` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-googleapis-firestore-mcp/list-collections.md
- `list_databases` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-googleapis-firestore-mcp/list-databases.md
- `list_documents` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-googleapis-firestore-mcp/list-documents.md
- `list_indexes` — Read — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-googleapis-firestore-mcp/list-indexes.md
- `add_document` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-googleapis-firestore-mcp/add-document.md
- `create_backup_schedule` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-googleapis-firestore-mcp/create-backup-schedule.md
- `create_database` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-googleapis-firestore-mcp/create-database.md
- `create_index` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-googleapis-firestore-mcp/create-index.md
- `update_database` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-googleapis-firestore-mcp/update-database.md
- `update_document` — Write — https://policylayer.com/tools/com-googleapis-firestore-mcp/update-document.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=com-googleapis-firestore-mcp · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/com-googleapis-firestore-mcp