mcp-gdrive
MCP server for Google Drive — list, search, read, write, create, and upload files.
Setup
1. Google Cloud credentials
- Go to Google Cloud Console
- Create a project (or select an existing one)
- Enable the Google Drive API
- Create OAuth 2.0 credentials (Application type: Desktop app)
- Download the credentials JSON and save it as
credentials.jsonin the project root
— or set GDRIVE_CLIENT_ID and GDRIVE_CLIENT_SECRET environment variables
2. Install dependencies
npm install3. Authorize
npm run authThis opens a browser for Google sign-in. Tokens are saved to .gdrive-token.json (git-ignored).
4. Configure your MCP client
Add to your Claude Desktop / Claude Code config:
{
"mcpServers": {
"gdrive": {
"command": "node",
"args": ["/absolute/path/to/mcp-gdrive/src/index.js"]
}
}
}Tools
| Tool | Description | |------|-------------| | list_files | List files, optionally in a specific folder | | search_files | Full-text search across Drive | | read_file | Read file content (exports Google Docs as text, Sheets as CSV) | | create_file | Create a new file with text content | | write_file | Update an existing file's content | | upload_file | Upload a local file to Drive |
