Create a pivot table from spreadsheet data with full Google Sheets UI feature support. Args: - spreadsheet_id (string): The ID of the Google Spreadsheet - source_range (string): A1 notation range (e.g.,
AI agents use sheets_create_pivot_table to create or update resources in Google Workspace — usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your Google Workspace environment.
Creating a pivot table in Google Sheets adds a new data structure to the spreadsheet, which is a reversible modification (the pivot table can be deleted). This is a Write operation rather than Read (it creates new content), Execute (no arbitrary code execution—specific structured operation), or Destructive (the original data remains intact and the action is reversible).
From the tool's definition Tool description states "Create a pivot table" which is a data transformation and creation operation. The args include spreadsheet_id and source_range, indicating it modifies spreadsheet structure by adding a new pivot table.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access sheets_create_pivot_table gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Google Workspace, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for sheets_create_pivot_table:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"sheets_create_pivot_table": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "sheets_create_pivot_table_rate",
"window": "minute",
"max": 30,
"scope": "grant"
}
]
}
}
}sheets_create_pivot_table stays usable, but capped — an agent stuck in a loop can't make hundreds of changes a minute. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Create a pivot table from spreadsheet data with full Google Sheets UI feature support. Args: - spreadsheet_id (string): The ID of the Google Spreadsheet - source_range (string): A1 notation range (e.g.,. It is categorised as a Write tool in the Google Workspace MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.
Register the Google Workspace MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for sheets_create_pivot_table: 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. Nothing to install.
sheets_create_pivot_table is a Write tool with medium risk. Write tools should be rate-limited to prevent accidental bulk modifications.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the sheets_create_pivot_table 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 sheets_create_pivot_table. 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.
sheets_create_pivot_table is provided by the Google Workspace MCP server (everyinc/google-workspace-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Google Workspace, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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