Get an email template by name
AI agents call get_email_template to retrieve information from Google Workspace 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 stored email template data by name lookup. It performs a read-only query against stored templates without creating, modifying, deleting, executing code, or moving money. The action is purely informational retrieval with no side effects or blast radius.
From the tool's definition Tool name is 'get_email_template' and description states 'Get an email template by name' — a retrieval operation with no modification or execution capability.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get an email template by name. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Google Workspace MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Google Workspace MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_email_template: 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 Server. Nothing to install.
get_email_template 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 get_email_template 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 get_email_template. 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.
get_email_template is provided by the Google Workspace MCP Server MCP server (pbulbule13/google-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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