AI agents call list-docs to retrieve information from MCP-Google-Doc without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves or queries data (a list of documents) with no side effects. It falls squarely into the Read category. Severity is low because listing documents has minimal blast radius—it only exposes document metadata or references, not content or destructive capabilities.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'list-docs' indicates retrieval of document listings. Server description confirms it enables 'listing' of documents. No modification, deletion, or execution is described.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access list-docs gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and MCP-Google-Doc, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for list-docs:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"list-docs": {}
}
}list-docs is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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list-docs. It is categorised as a Read tool in the MCP-Google-Doc MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the MCP-Google-Doc MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list-docs: 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-Doc. Nothing to install.
list-docs 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-docs 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-docs. 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-docs is provided by the MCP-Google-Doc MCP server (ophydami/mcp-google-doc). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Deterministic rules across all 8 MCP-Google-Doc tools. Per-identity grants. Full audit log. Live in minutes. Nothing to install.
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8 MCP-Google-Doc tools catalogued and risk-classified — across an index of 42,500+ MCP servers.