Run the URL Inspection API on a single URL: indexing status, last crawl, canonical, mobile usability, AMP and rich-result issues.
AI agents call inspect_url to retrieve information from Gsc Mcp Connector without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
The inspect_url tool queries Google Search Console's URL Inspection API to fetch diagnostic and status information about a URL. No data is created, modified, deleted, or irreversibly changed. No external operations are triggered beyond a read-only API call. This is a classic Read-category operation.
From the tool's definition Tool description states it 'Run[s] the URL Inspection API on a single URL' to retrieve 'indexing status, last crawl, canonical, mobile usability, AMP and rich-result issues.' This is purely a retrieval/query operation with no side effects—it inspects and…
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Run the URL Inspection API on a single URL: indexing status, last crawl, canonical, mobile usability, AMP and rich-result issues. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Gsc Mcp Connector MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Gsc Mcp Connector MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for inspect_url: 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 Gsc Mcp Connector. Nothing to install.
inspect_url 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 inspect_url 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 inspect_url. 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.
inspect_url is provided by the Gsc Mcp Connector MCP server (juju78/gsc-mcp-connector). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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