Gets or creates a shareable link for a file with specified permission settings.
AI agents call getShareableLink 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.
While the tool can 'create' a shareable link, this is not destructive data modification but rather generating an access token/URL for existing data. The operation has no side effects on the file itself—it does not modify, delete, or execute anything. Permission settings are specified as parameters but the tool itself only generates or retrieves the link.
From the tool's definition Tool description states it 'Gets or creates a shareable link for a file with specified permission settings.' The primary operation is retrieving (getting) a shareable link, which is a read operation that retrieves metadata about file access.
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Gets or creates a shareable link for a file with specified permission settings. 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 getShareableLink: 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.
getShareableLink 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 getShareableLink 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 getShareableLink. 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.
getShareableLink 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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