List all available GSC metrics with their descriptions.
AI agents call list_available_metrics to retrieve information from Google Search Console MCP Intel Engine without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and lists metadata—the available metrics and their descriptions—from Google Search Console. It has no side effects, performs no modifications, and does not execute code or external operations. It is a straightforward read operation analogous to introspection or enumeration. The low severity reflects minimal blast radius even if misused by an AI agent.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'list_available_metrics' and description 'List all available GSC metrics with their descriptions' indicate a retrieval operation that queries metadata about available metrics without modifying or executing any operations.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access list_available_metrics gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Google Search Console MCP Intel Engine, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for list_available_metrics:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"list_available_metrics": {}
}
}list_available_metrics is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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List all available GSC metrics with their descriptions. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Google Search Console MCP Intel Engine MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Google Search Console MCP Intel Engine MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for list_available_metrics: 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 Search Console MCP Intel Engine. Nothing to install.
list_available_metrics 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 list_available_metrics 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 list_available_metrics. 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.
list_available_metrics is provided by the Google Search Console MCP Intel Engine MCP server (surendranb/google-search-console-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Deterministic rules across all 14 Google Search Console MCP Intel Engine tools. Per-identity grants. Full audit log. Live in minutes. Nothing to install.
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14 Google Search Console MCP Intel Engine tools catalogued and risk-classified — across an index of 42,500+ MCP servers.