AI agents call list_advertisers to retrieve information from Google Ad Manager 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 displays existing advertiser data without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. It is a pure read operation with minimal risk of misuse by an AI agent.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'list_advertisers' and description 'List all advertisers' indicate a query operation with no modification or side effects.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access list_advertisers gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Google Ad Manager MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for list_advertisers:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"list_advertisers": {}
}
} list_advertisers is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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List all advertisers. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Google Ad Manager MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Google Ad Manager MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_advertisers: 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 Ad Manager MCP Server. Nothing to install.
list_advertisers 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_advertisers 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_advertisers. 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_advertisers is provided by the Google Ad Manager MCP Server MCP server (matiouscorp/google-ad-manager-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Google Ad Manager MCP Server, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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