Gets metadata about a Drive folder including its name, owner, sharing status, and parent folder.
AI agents call getFolderInfo to retrieve information from Google Docs, Drive & Sheets MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
getFolderInfo performs a straightforward data retrieval operation (get), returning folder metadata without creating, modifying, deleting, or executing any actions. This is a classic Read category tool with minimal blast radius — the worst case is information disclosure about folder structure and sharing configuration, which carries low severity.
From the tool's definition Tool retrieves metadata about a Drive folder including its name, owner, sharing status, and parent folder — a read-only query with no modification or side effects.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Gets metadata about a Drive folder including its name, owner, sharing status, and parent folder. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Google Docs, Drive & Sheets MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Google Docs, Drive & Sheets MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for getFolderInfo: 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 Docs, Drive & Sheets MCP Server. Nothing to install.
getFolderInfo 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 getFolderInfo 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 getFolderInfo. 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.
getFolderInfo is provided by the Google Docs, Drive & Sheets MCP Server MCP server (rulords/google-docs-mcp-personal). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
getFolderInfo is one line of Google Docs, Drive & Sheets MCP Server's registry record.
The record carries the whole server: verified identity, auth posture, risk grade, every tool classified, recommended policy — re-checked continuously.
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