Return a quick summary of the active Google authentication setup.
AI agents call diagnose_google_auth to retrieve information from Google Workspace MCP 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 diagnostic information about the current authentication configuration. It performs read-only inspection of system state with no side effects, no data modification, and no irreversible actions.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'diagnose_google_auth' and description 'Return a quick summary of the active Google authentication setup' indicate information retrieval only. No modification, deletion, or execution of external operations occurs.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Return a quick summary of the active Google authentication setup. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Google Workspace MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Google Workspace MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for diagnose_google_auth: 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. Nothing to install.
diagnose_google_auth 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 diagnose_google_auth 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 diagnose_google_auth. 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.
diagnose_google_auth is provided by the Google Workspace MCP server (ngoquocviet2001/google-workspace-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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