Get detailed information about a specific email
AI agents call get_email_details to retrieve information from Gmail 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 and queries email data without modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. It falls clearly into the Read category. The blast radius is low since an AI agent using this tool can only access information that already exists; misuse would result in potential privacy concerns rather than system compromise or data loss.
From the tool's definition Tool name is 'get_email_details' and description states it 'Get[s] detailed information about a specific email'. This is a retrieval operation with no side effects.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get detailed information about a specific email. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Gmail MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Gmail MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_email_details: 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 Gmail MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_email_details 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 get_email_details 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 get_email_details. 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.
get_email_details is provided by the Gmail MCP Server MCP server (kushal45/gmailmcpserver). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
get_email_details is one line of Gmail MCP Server's registry record.
The record carries the whole server: verified identity, auth posture, risk grade, every tool classified, recommended policy — re-checked continuously.
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