List files in a Google Drive folder. Defaults to the root folder.
AI agents call gdrive_list_files to retrieve information from Google Drive MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
The tool performs a directory listing operation that queries and returns file metadata from Google Drive without modifying, creating, or deleting any data. Despite the server's misleading 'read-only' description (contradicted by sibling tools like gdrive_create_doc, gdrive_delete_doc_text, etc.), this specific tool is unambiguously a Read operation.
From the tool's definition Tool name is 'gdrive_list_files' and description states it 'List files in a Google Drive folder.' This is a retrieval operation with no modification, deletion, or execution capability.
Risk signalsAdmin/system-level operation
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
List files in a Google Drive folder. Defaults to the root folder. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Google Drive MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Google Drive MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for gdrive_list_files: 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 Drive MCP Server. Nothing to install.
gdrive_list_files 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 gdrive_list_files 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 gdrive_list_files. 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.
gdrive_list_files is provided by the Google Drive MCP Server MCP server (wagnerlabs/gdrive-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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