List all sitemaps submitted for a site.
AI agents call list_sitemaps_tool to retrieve information from MCP 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 queries and returns information about existing sitemaps without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. It is a read-only data retrieval function with minimal security risk.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'list_sitemaps_tool' and description 'List all sitemaps submitted for a site' indicate a retrieval operation with no side effects.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
List all sitemaps submitted for a site. It is categorised as a Read tool in the MCP Google Search Console MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the MCP Google Search Console MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_sitemaps_tool: 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 MCP Google Search Console. Nothing to install.
list_sitemaps_tool 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_tool 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_tool. 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_tool is provided by the MCP Google Search Console MCP server (crunchtools/mcp-google-search-console). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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