List Google Forms in Drive with optional search.
AI agents call listForms 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 or queries a list of Google Forms from the user's Drive with optional search filtering. It has no side effects, does not create, modify, delete, or execute operations. It is purely informational/retrieval-based, making it a Read category tool with low severity.
From the tool's definition Tool name is 'listForms' and description states 'List Google Forms in Drive with optional search' - both indicate data retrieval with no modification or deletion capability.
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List Google Forms in Drive with optional search. 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 listForms: 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.
listForms 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 listForms 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 listForms. 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.
listForms 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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