Get metadata for a specific Shared Drive
AI agents call drive_shared_drive_get to retrieve information from Google Drive 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 information about a Shared Drive without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. It is purely informational, making it a Read category tool with low severity since metadata queries have minimal blast radius if misused by an AI agent.
From the tool's definition Tool name and description indicate retrieval of metadata: 'Get metadata for a specific Shared Drive'. The verb 'get' combined with 'metadata' confirms a read-only operation with no modification or deletion of data.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get metadata for a specific Shared Drive. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Google Drive MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Google Drive MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for drive_shared_drive_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 Drive MCP Server. Nothing to install.
drive_shared_drive_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_shared_drive_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_shared_drive_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_shared_drive_get is provided by the Google Drive MCP Server MCP server (rishipradeep-think41/google-drive-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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