Search for files in Google Drive
AI agents call drive_search_files to retrieve information from MCP Google Workspace Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs a read-only search operation on Google Drive. It queries and returns file information without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing anything. The blast radius of misuse is minimal—an agent could discover files it shouldn't access, but cannot alter or delete them. This is a classic Read category tool.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'drive_search_files' and description 'Search for files in Google Drive' indicate a query operation that retrieves file metadata without modifying, deleting, or executing any operations.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Search for files in Google Drive. It is categorised as a Read tool in the MCP Google Workspace Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the MCP Google Workspace Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for drive_search_files: 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 MCP Google Workspace Server. Nothing to install.
drive_search_files 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 drive_search_files 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 drive_search_files. 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.
drive_search_files is provided by the MCP Google Workspace Server MCP server (josedu90/mcp-suiteg). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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