This project connects Claude Desktop to your Google Drive via the Model Context Protocol (MCP), allowing Claude to access and interact with your
This project connects Claude Desktop to your Google Drive via the Model Context Protocol (MCP), allowing Claude to access and interact with your Drive files and folders securely. Exposed over MCP by the googledrivemcp mcp server, that capability becomes something an assistant can invoke while it works, not something you go and do afterwards.
You will need 3 environment variables: CLIENT_ID, CLIENT_SECRET, REDIRECT_URI. 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.
Setup follows the usual MCP pattern — install or clone the server, register it in your client's configuration file, restart the client. The configuration blocks on this page cover the common clients.
Among the file and storage access options, the useful question is rarely "what can it do" but "what does it cost you to run" — permissions, credentials, and how much of your context its toolset consumes. It is maintained by michaelpine25; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
This entry was verified against GoogleDriveMCP's own documentation before publication; SyncDev keeps the directory reviewed rather than auto-generated.
{
"mcpServers": {
"googleDrive": {
"command": "node",
"args": ["path/to/your/build/index.js"],
"env": {
"CLIENT_ID": "your-actual-client-id",
"CLIENT_SECRET": "your-actual-client-secret",
"REDIRECT_URI": "http://localhost:3000"
}
}
}
}Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| CLIENT_ID | Configuration value read at startup. | Optional |
| CLIENT_SECRET | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
| REDIRECT_URI | Filesystem location the server is allowed to use. | Optional |
Scoped local file access — read, write, search and reorganise files in directories you explicitly allow.
Search and read your Drive — Docs, Sheets and files become context your assistant can actually use.
Query, modify and analyse local SQLite databases in conversation — the fastest way to chat with a data file.
Build a programmable telecommunications stack for connecting telephony services with the Internet via a cloud-based utility.
Chat with your second brain — search, read and write vault notes through the Local REST API.
Connects AI models to an Obsidian knowledge base for direct access and manipulation of notes and folders.