AI agents call get_pop to retrieve information from Gmail MCP without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves POP (Post Office Protocol) configuration settings from Gmail. It performs a read-only query operation that returns data without modifying, deleting, or executing any actions. The description explicitly uses 'Gets', indicating data retrieval.
From the tool's definition Tool name is 'get_pop' and description states 'Gets POP settings' — a retrieval operation with no modification or side effects.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_pop gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Gmail MCP, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for get_pop:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"get_pop": {}
}
}get_pop is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Gets POP settings. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Gmail MCP MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Gmail MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_pop: 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 Gmail MCP. Nothing to install.
get_pop 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 get_pop 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 get_pop. 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.
get_pop is provided by the Gmail MCP server (shinzo-labs/gmail-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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