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