ORCA Drive MCP

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that exposes a Google Drive folder over Streamable HTTP, deployed as a Vercel serverless function.

It reads Google Drive through a small Google Apps Script web app, so no Google Cloud Console or service account is needed.

Tools

Related MCP server: mcp-server-drive

1. Create the Apps Script backend

1. Go to https://script.google.com and create a New project.

2. Delete the placeholder code and paste the contents of apps-script.js.

3. Click Deploy > New deployment:

   • Type: Web app

   • Execute as: Me

   • Who has access: Anyone

4. Click Deploy, authorize the script (allow it to access your Drive).

5. Copy the Web app URL ending in /exec (e.g. https://script.google.com/macros/s/AKfycb.../exec).

Open the /exec URL once in your browser and authorize it so the script can access your Drive files.

2. Configure environment variables

Copy .env.example to .env (local dev) and set the same values in Vercel (Project > Settings > Environment Variables):

3. Run locally

npm install
vercel dev

Test with the MCP Inspector:

npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector

Use transport Streamable HTTP and URL http://localhost:3000/.

4. Deploy to Vercel

vercel --prod

Your endpoint will be https://<project>.vercel.app/.

5. Connect a client

Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "orca-drive": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://<project>.vercel.app/"
    }
  }
}