google-drive-mcp

MCP server to browse and manage Google Drive: search files, read Docs/Sheets content, move/rename files and folders.

Tools (9)

Related MCP server: MCP Google Drive Server

Setup

1. Create a Google Cloud project (or reuse one) and enable the Google Drive API.

2. Create an OAuth 2.0 Client ID of type "Desktop app" and download it as client_secret.json.

3. If the app is in "Testing" mode, add your Google account(s) as test users.

4. Install dependencies:

   python3 -m venv .venv
   source .venv/bin/activate
   pip install -r requirements.txt

5. Run the OAuth flow once per account you want to expose:

   CLIENT_SECRET_PATH=~/.config/google-drive-mcp/client_secret.json \
   TOKEN_OUT=~/.config/google-drive-mcp/token.json \
     python3 setup_auth.py

   This opens a browser — log in and grant access. Repeat with a different TOKEN_OUT for each additional account.

MCP client configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "google-drive": {
      "command": "/path/to/.venv/bin/python3",
      "args": ["/path/to/google-drive-mcp/server.py"],
      "env": {
        "GOOGLE_DRIVE_TOKEN_PATH": "~/.config/google-drive-mcp/token.json"
      }
    }
  }
}

Notes

• Scope used is https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive (read + write) — needed for move_file, rename_file and create_folder to work. A drive.readonly token will fail on those three.

License

MIT — see LICENSE.