MCP Google Sheets Server

This project provides a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that allows interaction with Google Sheets.

It exposes tools to:

• List sheets (tabs) within a spreadsheet.

• Read data from specific cell ranges.

• Write data to specific cell ranges.

It explicitly does not provide tools for managing Google Drive files (listing, creating, deleting folders/files). Access is restricted to spreadsheet content only.

Prerequisites

1. Python 3.11+

2. Google Cloud Project with the Google Sheets API enabled

3. Service Account Key:

   • Go to the Google Cloud Console and create a new Service Account.

   • Download the service account key file (JSON format).

   • Grant this service account the "Editor" role for the Google Sheets you want to access.

Related MCP server: google-sheets-mcp

How to use

1. Clone the repository.

   git clone https://github.com/shionhonda/mcp-gsheet.git

2. Set up Google Credentials:

   • Set the GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS environment variable to the absolute path of your downloaded service account JSON key file.

   export GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS="/path/to/your/service-account-key.json"

   • Alternatively, you can place the key file in a standard location recognized by the Google Cloud client libraries (not recommended for shared environments).

3. Install Dependencies:

   uv venv
   source .venv/bin/activate

4. Run the Server

   To develop the server with MCP Inspector:

   mcp dev server.py

   To run the server:

   mcp run server.py

   The server will start and listen for MCP requests over standard input/output (stdio).

Claude Desktop

Add the following to your Claude Desktop configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gsheet": {
      "command": "/path/to/uv",
      "env": {
        "GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS": "/path/to/your/service-account-key.json"
      },
      "args": ["--directory", "/path/to/mcp-gsheet", "run", "server.py"]
    }
  }
}

MCP Tools Provided

• list_sheets(spreadsheet_id: str) -> list[str]: Lists the names of all sheets in the specified spreadsheet.

• read_cells(spreadsheet_id: str, range_name: str) -> list[list[str]]: Reads data from the given range (e.g., 'Sheet1!A1:B5').

• write_cells(spreadsheet_id: str, range_name: str, values: list[list[str]]) -> str: Writes the provided 2D list of values to the specified starting cell/range (e.g., 'Sheet1!C1').