Get package delivery and shipping notification emails. Finds tracking info from Amazon, UPS, FedEx, USPS, and other carriers. Always includes read emails since you want to track all pending deliveries.
AI agents call gmail_get_packages to retrieve information from Gmail 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 email data and extracts tracking information—a read-only operation with no side effects. While package tracking information could be considered mildly sensitive, the tool has no ability to modify emails, execute commands, or trigger financial transactions. It simply searches and summarizes existing email content, consistent with the 'Read' category for data retrieval operations.
From the tool's definition Tool description states it 'Get[s] package delivery and shipping notification emails' and 'Finds tracking info' from carriers.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get package delivery and shipping notification emails. Finds tracking info from Amazon, UPS, FedEx, USPS, and other carriers. Always includes read emails since you want to track all pending deliveries. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Gmail MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Gmail MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for gmail_get_packages: 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 Gmail MCP Server. Nothing to install.
gmail_get_packages 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 gmail_get_packages 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 gmail_get_packages. 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.
gmail_get_packages is provided by the Gmail MCP Server MCP server (murphy360/mcp_gmail). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Every MCP server has a record like this.
Type a name, get the same breakdown: verified identity, auth posture, risk grade, capabilities, recommended policy.
Teams ship this data inside their own products. See what a licence covers →