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gcal-mcp

MCP server for Google Calendar. Provides four tools: list calendars, list/search events, create events, and modify events.

Prerequisites

  • uv

  • A Google Cloud project with the Calendar API enabled

Google Cloud Setup

  1. Go to Google Cloud Console

  2. Create a project (or select an existing one)

  3. Enable the Google Calendar API

  4. Go to APIs & Services > Credentials

  5. Create an OAuth 2.0 Client ID of type Desktop App

  6. Download the credentials JSON and save it to ~/.config/gcal-mcp/credentials.json

  7. Go to OAuth consent screen and add your Google account as a test user

Install & Authenticate

make install    # install dependencies
make auth       # opens browser for OAuth consent, prints calendars on success

Register with Claude Code

make register   # adds gcal-mcp as a user-scoped MCP server
make unregister # removes it

Tools

Tool

Description

list_calendars

List all accessible calendars

list_events

List or search events (supports time range, free-text query)

create_event

Create an event (supports attendees, location, description)

modify_event

Patch an existing event (only provided fields are updated)

Date/time values accept YYYY-MM-DD for all-day events or ISO datetime (YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM) for timed events.

File Locations

  • Credentials: ~/.config/gcal-mcp/credentials.json

  • OAuth token: ~/.config/gcal-mcp/token.json

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