Return the full GA4 property schema, including dimension count and metric count. Same data as ga_get_metadata with summary counts.
AI agents call ga_get_property_schema to retrieve information from Apple Shortcuts without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and queries Google Analytics 4 metadata/schema information. The verbs 'return' and the read-only nature of fetching property schema definitions, dimensions, and metric counts demonstrate a pure data retrieval operation with no capability to modify, delete, or execute operations. This falls squarely into the Read category.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'ga_get_property_schema' and description 'Return the full GA4 property schema' with 'summary counts' indicate a data retrieval operation with no side effects.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access ga_get_property_schema gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Apple Shortcuts, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for ga_get_property_schema:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"ga_get_property_schema": {}
}
}ga_get_property_schema is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Return the full GA4 property schema, including dimension count and metric count. Same data as ga_get_metadata with summary counts. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Apple Shortcuts MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Apple Shortcuts MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for ga_get_property_schema: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Apple Shortcuts. Nothing to install.
ga_get_property_schema is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the ga_get_property_schema rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for ga_get_property_schema. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
ga_get_property_schema is provided by the Apple Shortcuts MCP server (@mindstone/mcp-server-apple-shortcuts). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Apple Shortcuts, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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