Access and Search Google Drive Files

The Google Drive MCP server provides integration with Google Drive, allowing Claude to search for files, read document contents, and access your cloud storage.

Installation

npm install -g @modelcontextprotocol/server-gdrive

Configuration

Add to your Claude Code settings:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gdrive": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-gdrive"]
    }
  }
}

Authentication Setup

1. Create a project in Google Cloud Console
2. Enable the Google Drive API
3. Create OAuth 2.0 credentials (Desktop application type)
4. Download the credentials file
5. Set the path to credentials:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gdrive": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-gdrive"],
      "env": {
        "GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS": "/path/to/credentials.json"
      }
    }
  }
}

Available Tools

search_files

Search for files in Google Drive.

search_files(query: string): FileList

Parameters:

• query - Search query (supports Drive search syntax)

read_file

Read the contents of a file.

read_file(file_id: string): FileContent

list_files

List files in a folder.

list_files(folder_id?: string): FileList

Resources

The server also exposes files as MCP resources:

• gdrive:///<file_id> - Access any file by ID
• Supports Google Docs, Sheets, and other formats

Supported File Types

• Google Docs (exported as text)
• Google Sheets (exported as CSV)
• Google Slides (exported as text)
• PDF files
• Plain text files
• And more...

Usage Example

Claude, search my Google Drive for documents about
"quarterly report" and summarize the most recent one.

Permissions

The server requires the following OAuth scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.readonly - Read file metadata and content
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.file - Access files created by the app