create_chart

What create_chart does on Mcp Google Docs

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

Why create_chart is rated Medium

Creating a chart in Google Sheets or Slides adds a new object to a document, modifying its state reversibly. This is a Write operation—data is created and can be deleted or edited later, but there are no immediate destructive or execute-level side effects. Medium severity reflects the moderate blast radius: a chart creation could clutter a document or mislead viewers, but the effect is easily undoable.

From the tool's definition Tool name is 'create_chart' on a Google Docs/Sheets server; sibling tools include 'add_image_to_slide', 'add_shape_to_slide', and 'batch_update_cells', all of which are Write operations that create or add content. The description is empty, limiting certainty.

The rule that runs create_chart safely

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Mcp Google Docs, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For create_chart, this is the rule to start with:

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "create_chart": {
      "limits": [
        {
          "counter": "create_chart_rate",
          "window": "minute",
          "max": 30,
          "scope": "grant"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

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