Google MCP Server

Comprehensive MCP server for the Google Forms API — full coverage of form creation, management, responses, and built-in analytics

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What is the Google MCP server?

Comprehensive MCP server for the Google Forms API — full coverage of form creation, management, responses, and built-in analytics. The google mcp server wraps that behind the Model Context Protocol, so an assistant can use it through 7 defined tools rather than through you.

What it actually does

A comprehensive Model Context Protocol server for the Google Forms API. Enables LLMs to create, manage, and analyze Google Forms.

Its toolset

Everything the assistant can do here goes through one of these:

  • Category — Tools
  • Forms — create_form, get_form, list_forms, delete_form, update_form_info, update_form_settings
  • Items — add_question, add_section, add_text_item, update_item, delete_item, move_item
  • Responses — list_responses, get_response
  • Watches — create_watch, list_watches, delete_watch, renew_watch
  • Composite — build_form, get_form_summary, get_responses_table, clone_form, export_responses_csv
  • Analytics — analyze_frequency, cross_tabulate, generate_sankey_data, response_summary

Configuration

You will need 3 environment variables: GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID, GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET, GOOGLE_REFRESH_TOKEN. The server will not start without them, which is usually why the tools fail to appear on a first run. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than in a file you might commit.

Adding it to your client

Installation goes through your MCP client rather than a global install: point it at @matthewwolff/google-forms-mcp on npm and it is fetched when the client starts. The copy-paste blocks for Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor are further down this page.

When to reach for it

Plenty of developer tooling servers cover similar ground. The differences that matter in practice are scope of access and how much setup stands between you and a working tool call. Google's toolset — Category, Forms, Items and 4 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by matthewwolff; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

SyncDev reviews every entry in this directory against the project's own documentation before publishing, and revisits them as servers change.

Caveats

  • It runs with your machine's permissions. That is convenient and also the reason to think about what you point it at before you approve a tool call.
  • Missing credentials fail quietly in some clients — if no tools show up, check the environment block first.
  • MCP clients confirm each tool call by default. Leave that on until you have watched what the google mcp server does with a few real requests.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
CategoryTools
Formscreate_form, get_form, list_forms, delete_form, update_form_info, update_form_settings
Itemsadd_question, add_section, add_text_item, update_item, delete_item, move_item
Responseslist_responses, get_response
Watchescreate_watch, list_watches, delete_watch, renew_watch
Compositebuild_form, get_form_summary, get_responses_table, clone_form, export_responses_csv
Analyticsanalyze_frequency, cross_tabulate, generate_sankey_data, response_summary

How to install the Google MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "google-forms-1": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@matthewwolff/google-forms-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID": "your-value",
        "GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET": "your-value",
        "GOOGLE_REFRESH_TOKEN": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
GOOGLE_CLIENT_IDConfiguration value read at startup.Optional
GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRETCredential the server authenticates with.Yes
GOOGLE_REFRESH_TOKENCredential the server authenticates with.Yes

Example prompts to try

  • Use Google to Category.
  • Use Google to Forms.
  • Use Google to Items.

Frequently asked questions

It connects Google to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor, exposing 7 tools (Category, Forms, Items, and more) that the assistant can call on your behalf. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with Google directly.