List all sitemaps submitted for a site in Google Search Console.
AI agents call list_sitemaps 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 metadata about sitemaps already submitted to Google Search Console. It performs a read-only query against Google Search Console's data with no capability to create, modify, delete, or execute operations. The blast radius of misuse is minimal—an attacker could only enumerate sitemaps, not modify them or cause harm to the site.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'list_sitemaps' and description 'List all sitemaps submitted for a site' indicate a query/retrieval operation with no modification or side effects.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
List all sitemaps submitted for a site in Google Search Console. 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 list_sitemaps: 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.
list_sitemaps 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 list_sitemaps 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 list_sitemaps. 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.
list_sitemaps 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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