Inspect a URL to check its indexing status, mobile usability, and rich results. Shows if Google can crawl and index the page.
AI agents call inspect_url to retrieve information from Google Search Console without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves diagnostic metadata about a URL's indexing and compliance status from Google Search Console. It has no side effects: it neither modifies search index settings, crawls external sites, nor triggers external operations. The blast radius of misuse is minimal—an attacker could only gather information about which pages are indexed or have crawlability issues, which is low-impact reconnaissance.
From the tool's definition Tool 'inspect_url' checks indexing status, mobile usability, and rich results—it queries Google's index state without modifying, deleting, or executing code.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Inspect a URL to check its indexing status, mobile usability, and rich results. Shows if Google can crawl and index the page. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Google Search Console MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Google Search Console 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 Google Search Console. 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 Google Search Console MCP server (lionkiii/google-searchconsole-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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