Get a file's full metadata.
AI agents call drive_file_get to retrieve information from Google Workspace without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves metadata about a file in Google Drive, which is a read-only operation with no side effects. It does not create, modify, delete, or execute anything. The information retrieved could include file ownership, sharing settings, and other metadata, but accessing metadata alone poses minimal risk compared to tools that modify or delete files.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'drive_file_get' and description 'Get a file's full metadata' indicate retrieval of file information without modification or deletion.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get a file's full metadata. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Google Workspace MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Google Workspace MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for drive_file_get: 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. Nothing to install.
drive_file_get 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 drive_file_get 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 drive_file_get. 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.
drive_file_get is provided by the Google Workspace MCP server (rajool/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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