Check Google Drive setup and authorization without opening a browser.
AI agents call get_google_drive_status to retrieve information from Pypi:colab Drive without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves status information about Google Drive authorization state without performing any side effects, creating, modifying, or deleting data. It is a straightforward diagnostic or status check, placing it firmly in the Read category with low severity.
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'Check Google Drive setup and authorization' — a purely informational query with no modification, deletion, or execution of commands. The verb 'check' and the context of inspecting status confirm read-only behavior.
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Check Google Drive setup and authorization without opening a browser. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Pypi:colab Drive MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Pypi:colab Drive MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_google_drive_status: 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 Pypi:colab Drive. Nothing to install.
get_google_drive_status 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_google_drive_status 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_google_drive_status. 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_google_drive_status is provided by the Pypi:colab Drive MCP server (yummytastycode/colab-drive-mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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