AI agents call gmail_list_threads to retrieve information from Sage MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and enumerates email threads belonging to a user. It performs a read-only query with no side effects. However, email content can be sensitive personal or financial information, and unauthorized listing of threads could expose private communications, hence medium severity. The tool itself does not modify, delete, or execute actions—it only retrieves metadata about existing threads.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'gmail_list_threads' and description 'List email threads in the user' indicate a query/retrieval operation with no modification or deletion of data.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access gmail_list_threads gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Sage MCP, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for gmail_list_threads:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"gmail_list_threads": {}
}
}gmail_list_threads is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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List email threads in the user. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Sage MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Sage MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for gmail_list_threads: 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 Sage MCP. Nothing to install.
gmail_list_threads 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 gmail_list_threads 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 gmail_list_threads. 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.
gmail_list_threads is provided by the Sage MCP server (sagemcp/sagemcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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