Get detailed information for a specific contact by resource name. Returns all available fields.
AI agents call getPeopleContact 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 performs a query operation that returns contact information without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any action. It has no side effects and simply retrieves existing data. The lowest severity applies as contact information exposure, while sensitive, is a read-only operation with limited blast radius compared to write, execute, or destructive operations.
From the tool's definition Tool retrieves detailed information for a specific contact by resource name and returns available fields. The verb 'get' and action of retrieving contact data without modification indicates read-only data access.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get detailed information for a specific contact by resource name. Returns all available fields. 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 getPeopleContact: 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.
getPeopleContact 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 getPeopleContact 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 getPeopleContact. 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.
getPeopleContact is provided by the Google Workspace MCP Server MCP server (pm990320/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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