Check shared drive permissions and external access
AI agents call check_shared_drives to retrieve information from Google Workspace Compliance Audit Tool without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool performs read-only inspection of shared drive permissions and external access settings. It gathers audit data about current configurations without modifying, deleting, or executing any operations. It aligns with compliance auditing functions that assess rather than change state. No side effects or irreversible actions are possible.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'check_shared_drives' and description 'Check shared drive permissions and external access' indicate querying/inspection of existing permissions and access configurations.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Check shared drive permissions and external access. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Google Workspace Compliance Audit Tool MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Google Workspace Compliance Audit Tool MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for check_shared_drives: 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 Compliance Audit Tool. Nothing to install.
check_shared_drives 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 check_shared_drives 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 check_shared_drives. 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.
check_shared_drives is provided by the Google Workspace Compliance Audit Tool MCP server (sean-m-sweeney/googleworkspaceaudit). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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