List Gmail drafts.
AI agents call list_drafts to retrieve information from Google Workspace Mcp Sidecar without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
Listing drafts is a read-only query operation that retrieves existing data without any side effects. It does not create, modify, delete, or execute operations. While Gmail drafts may contain sensitive information, the read-only nature and limited blast radius from misuse (an agent could read draft content but not send, delete, or alter it) classify this as low severity.
From the tool's definition Tool is named 'list_drafts' and described as 'List Gmail drafts.' This is a data retrieval operation with no modification, deletion, or external side effects.
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List Gmail drafts. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Google Workspace Mcp Sidecar MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Google Workspace Mcp Sidecar MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_drafts: 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 Workspace Mcp Sidecar. Nothing to install.
list_drafts 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_drafts 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_drafts. 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_drafts is provided by the Google Workspace Mcp Sidecar MCP server (milad/google-mcp-sidecar). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
list_drafts is one line of Google Workspace Mcp Sidecar'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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