Create a new album and upload multiple local files to it in one step. Handles partial failures — returns per-file results. Max 50 files per call. Note: albums cannot be deleted via the API, so an empty album persists if all uploads fail.
AI agents use create_album_with_media to create or update resources in Google Photos MCP Server — usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your Google Photos MCP Server environment.
This tool creates new data (albums) and uploads files, making it a Write operation. While albums cannot be deleted via API (limiting reversibility), the primary action is creating/modifying data, not destroying it.
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'Create a new album and upload multiple local files to it in one step.' The verb 'create' and 'upload' are write operations that modify the user's Google Photos library by adding new resources.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access create_album_with_media gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Google Photos MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for create_album_with_media:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"create_album_with_media": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "create_album_with_media_rate",
"window": "minute",
"max": 30,
"scope": "grant"
}
]
}
}
}create_album_with_media stays usable, but capped — an agent stuck in a loop can't make hundreds of changes a minute. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Create a new album and upload multiple local files to it in one step. Handles partial failures — returns per-file results. Max 50 files per call. Note: albums cannot be deleted via the API, so an empty album persists if all uploads fail. It is categorised as a Write tool in the Google Photos MCP Server MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.
Register the Google Photos MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for create_album_with_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 Photos MCP Server. Nothing to install.
create_album_with_media is a Write tool with medium risk. Write tools should be rate-limited to prevent accidental bulk modifications.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the create_album_with_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 create_album_with_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.
create_album_with_media is provided by the Google Photos MCP Server MCP server (savethepolarbears/google-photos-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Google Photos 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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