mcp-google-sheets

--- title: 'Development setup' icon: 'circle-2' --- ## Prerequisites - Node.js v18+ - npm v9+ ## Instructions 1. Setup the environment ```bash node tools/setup-dev.js ``` 2. Start the environment This command will start activepieces with sqlite3 and in memory queue. ```bash npm start ``` <Note> By default, the development setup only builds specific pieces.Open the file `packages/server/api/.env` and add comma-separated list of pieces to make available. For more details, check out the [Piece Development](/build-pieces/building-pieces/development-setup#pieces-development) section. </Note> 3. Go to **_localhost:4200_** on your web browser and sign in with these details: Email: `dev@ap.com` Password: `12345678` ## Pieces Development When [`AP_SYNC_MODE`](https://github.com/activepieces/activepieces/blob/main/packages/server/api/.env#L17) is set to `OFFICIAL_AUTO`, all pieces are automatically loaded from the cloud API and synced to the database on first launch. This process may take a few seconds to several minutes depending on your internet connection. For local development, pieces are loaded from your local `dist` folder instead of the database. To enable this, set the [`AP_DEV_PIECES`](https://github.com/activepieces/activepieces/blob/main/packages/server/api/.env#L4) environment variable with a comma-separated list of pieces. For example, to develop with `google-sheets` and `cal-com`: ```sh AP_DEV_PIECES=google-sheets,cal-com npm start ```