Integrations
Allows listing, reading, and searching over files in Google Drive. Supports all file types with automatic export of Google Workspace files (Docs to Markdown, Sheets to CSV, Presentations to Plain text, Drawings to PNG).
Google Drive server
This MCP server integrates with Google Drive to allow listing, reading, and searching over files.
Components
Tools
- search
- Search for files in Google Drive
- Input:
query
(string): Search query - Returns file names and MIME types of matching files
Resources
The server provides access to Google Drive files:
- Files (
gdrive:///<file_id>
)- Supports all file types
- Google Workspace files are automatically exported:
- Docs → Markdown
- Sheets → CSV
- Presentations → Plain text
- Drawings → PNG
- Other files are provided in their native format
Getting started
- Create a new Google Cloud project
- Enable the Google Drive API
- Configure an OAuth consent screen ("internal" is fine for testing)
- Add OAuth scope
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.readonly
- Create an OAuth Client ID for application type "Desktop App"
- Download the JSON file of your client's OAuth keys
- Rename the key file to
gcp-oauth.keys.json
and place into the root of this repo (i.e.servers/gcp-oauth.keys.json
)
Make sure to build the server with either npm run build
or npm run watch
.
Authentication
To authenticate and save credentials:
- Run the server with the
auth
argument:node ./dist auth
- This will open an authentication flow in your system browser
- Complete the authentication process
- Credentials will be saved in the root of this repo (i.e.
servers/.gdrive-server-credentials.json
)
Usage with Desktop App
To integrate this server with the desktop app, add the following to your app's server configuration:
Docker
Authentication:
Assuming you have completed setting up the OAuth application on Google Cloud, you can now auth the server with the following command, replacing /path/to/gcp-oauth.keys.json
with the path to your OAuth keys file:
The command will print the URL to open in your browser. Open this URL in your browser and complete the authentication process. The credentials will be saved in the mcp-gdrive
volume.
Once authenticated, you can use the server in your app's server configuration:
NPX
Usage with VS Code
For quick installation, use one of the one-click install buttons below..
For manual installation, add the following JSON block to your User Settings (JSON) file in VS Code. You can do this by pressing Ctrl + Shift + P
and typing Preferences: Open User Settings (JSON)
.
Optionally, you can add it to a file called .vscode/mcp.json
in your workspace. This will allow you to share the configuration with others.
Note that the
mcp
key is not needed in the.vscode/mcp.json
file.
NPX
Docker
License
This MCP server is licensed under the MIT License. This means you are free to use, modify, and distribute the software, subject to the terms and conditions of the MIT License. For more details, please see the LICENSE file in the project repository.
This server cannot be installed
local-only server
The server can only run on the client's local machine because it depends on local resources.
This MCP server integrates with Google Drive to allow listing, reading, and searching over files.
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