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Allow AI systems to list, search, upload, download, and manage files and folders in Google Drive.
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Allow AI systems to list, search, upload, download, and manage files and folders in Google Drive.
Security Report
7.3
Moderate7.3Low RiskValid MCP server (2 strong, 2 medium validity signals). 4 known CVEs in dependencies (0 critical, 2 high severity) Package registry verified. Imported from the Official MCP Registry.
12 files analyzed · 5 issues found
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Permissions Required
This plugin requests these system permissions. Most are normal for its category.
What You'll Need
Set these up before or after installing:
Google OAuth access token with Drive scopes.Required
Environment variable: GOOGLE_ACCESS_TOKEN
Transport type.
Environment variable: MCP_TRANSPORT
Google OAuth client ID.
Environment variable: GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID
Google OAuth client secret.Required
Environment variable: GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET
How to Install
Add this to your MCP configuration file:
{
"mcpServers": {
"io-github-domdomegg-google-drive-mcp": {
"env": {
"MCP_TRANSPORT": "your-mcp-transport-here",
"GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID": "your-google-client-id-here",
"GOOGLE_ACCESS_TOKEN": "your-google-access-token-here",
"GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET": "your-google-client-secret-here"
},
"args": [
"-y",
"google-drive-mcp"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}Documentation
View on GitHubFrom the project's GitHub README.
google-drive-mcp
MCP server for Google Drive - list, search, upload, download, and manage files and folders.
Use Cases
Answer from files: "What was our revenue target in the Q2 board deck?" → searches Drive, reads the relevant doc, and answers your question.
Project scaffolding: Starting a new vendor onboarding → creates a folder structure with subfolders for contracts, compliance, deliverables, and meeting notes, plus template docs and sheets.
Feedback synthesis: "Summarize the feedback from my manager across my last 10 presentation decks" → reads comments from multiple files and identifies themes and development areas.
Localization workflow: "We're onboarding contractors in Japan - translate the onboarding folder from English to Japanese and flag anything that needs local adaptation (HR policies, holidays, etc.)" → reads multiple docs, translates, and highlights areas needing review.
(These are just examples - any workflow that needs file search, reading, or organization can use this. Use in combination with google-docs-mcp for reading/editing Google Docs, or google-sheets-mcp for Google Sheets.)
Setup
1. Create Google OAuth credentials
- Go to Google Cloud Console
- Create a new project (or use existing)
- Enable the Google Drive API
- Go to APIs & Services → OAuth consent screen, set up consent screen
- Go to APIs & Services → Credentials → Create Credentials → OAuth client ID
- Choose Web application
- Add
http://localhost:3000/callbackto Authorized redirect URIs - Note your Client ID and Client Secret
2. Run the server
GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID='your-client-id' \
GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET='your-client-secret' \
MCP_TRANSPORT=http \
npm start
The server runs on http://localhost:3000 by default. Change with PORT=3001.
3. Add to your MCP client
claude mcp add --transport http google-drive-mcp http://localhost:3000/mcp
Architecture
This server acts as an OAuth proxy to Google:
graph LR
A[MCP client] <--> B[google-drive-mcp] <--> C[Google OAuth/API]
- Server advertises itself as an OAuth authorization server via
/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server /registerreturns the Google OAuth client credentials/authorizeredirects to Google, encoding the client's callback URL in state/callbackreceives the code from Google and forwards to the client's callback/tokenproxies token requests to Google, injecting client credentials/mcphandles MCP requests, using the bearer token to call Drive API
The server holds no tokens or state - it just proxies OAuth to Google.
Tools
| Tool | Description |
|---|---|
| Files | |
files_list | List/search files using Drive query syntax |
file_get | Get file metadata |
file_download | Download file content (supports export for Google Docs/Sheets) |
file_upload | Upload a new file |
file_update | Update file content or metadata |
file_copy | Copy a file |
file_move | Move a file to a different folder |
file_trash | Move to trash |
file_untrash | Restore from trash |
file_delete | Permanently delete |
| Folders | |
folder_create | Create a new folder |
| Comments | |
comments_list | List comments on a file |
comment_get | Get a comment and its replies |
comment_create | Add a comment to a file |
comment_reply | Reply to a comment |
comment_resolve | Resolve or unresolve a comment |
| Replies | |
replies_list | List replies to a comment |
reply_get | Get a specific reply |
reply_update | Update a reply |
reply_delete | Delete a reply |
| Permissions | |
permissions_list | List who has access to a file |
permission_get | Get a specific permission |
permission_create | Share a file with a user, group, domain, or anyone |
permission_update | Change a user's access level |
permission_delete | Revoke access to a file |
Drive Query Syntax
The files_list tool supports Drive's query syntax for filtering:
# By name
name contains 'report'
name = 'Budget 2024'
# By type
mimeType = 'application/pdf'
mimeType = 'application/vnd.google-apps.folder'
mimeType = 'application/vnd.google-apps.document'
# By folder
'folder-id' in parents
# By ownership
'user@example.com' in owners
# Combined
name contains 'report' and mimeType = 'application/pdf'
Google Drive API Scopes
drive- Full access to Drive files
Contributing
Pull requests are welcomed on GitHub! To get started:
- Install Git and Node.js
- Clone the repository
- Install dependencies with
npm install - Run
npm run testto run tests - Build with
npm run build
Releases
Versions follow the semantic versioning spec.
To release:
- Use
npm version <major | minor | patch>to bump the version - Run
git push --follow-tagsto push with tags - Wait for GitHub Actions to publish to the NPM registry.
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