REQUIRED for finding previously analyzed ad media (images and videos) in cache. Use this tool when users want to search for cached media by brand name, find media with people, search by colors, or filter by media type. Essential for retrieving past analysis results without re-downloading media.
AI agents call search_cached_media to retrieve information from Google Ads MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool queries cached data to retrieve previously analyzed ad media based on search criteria (brand name, people, colors, media type). It has no side effects—it does not modify, delete, or create data, nor does it execute code or trigger external operations. The description explicitly states it retrieves 'past analysis results' without side effects.
From the tool's definition Tool searches and retrieves previously cached ad media; description emphasizes finding, retrieving, and filtering past analysis results without re-downloading.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access search_cached_media gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Google Ads MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for search_cached_media:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"search_cached_media": {}
}
}search_cached_media is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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REQUIRED for finding previously analyzed ad media (images and videos) in cache. Use this tool when users want to search for cached media by brand name, find media with people, search by colors, or filter by media type. Essential for retrieving past analysis results without re-downloading media. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Google Ads MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Google Ads MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for search_cached_media: 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 Ads MCP Server. Nothing to install.
search_cached_media 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 search_cached_media 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 search_cached_media. 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.
search_cached_media is provided by the Google Ads MCP Server MCP server (proxy-intell/google-ads-library-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Google Ads MCP Server, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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