Gets detailed information about a specific folder in Google Drive.
AI agents call getFolderInfo to retrieve information from Ultimate Google Docs & Drive MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves metadata about a Drive folder (name, permissions, contents, etc.) without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. It is a read-only information query with minimal blast radius if misused by an AI agent—at worst, it exposes folder structure the agent already has access to through OAuth authentication.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'getFolderInfo' and description 'Gets detailed information about a specific folder in Google Drive' indicate a query/retrieval operation with no modification or deletion of data.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Gets detailed information about a specific folder in Google Drive. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Ultimate Google Docs & Drive MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Ultimate Google Docs & Drive MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for getFolderInfo: 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 Ultimate Google Docs & Drive MCP Server. Nothing to install.
getFolderInfo 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 getFolderInfo 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 getFolderInfo. 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.
getFolderInfo is provided by the Ultimate Google Docs & Drive MCP Server MCP server (jasonwong-servicedirect/google-docs-mcp-shared). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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