Google Calendar MCP server for AI agents

This MCP server integrates Google Calendar with Claude, allowing you to manage your calendar events through natural language commands. You can create events, find available time slots, and check your schedule using conversational requests directly in Claude.

Requirements

Node.js >= v18.0.0
Claude Desktop

Installation

To install the Google Calendar MCP server, follow these steps:

Run the initialization command in your terminal:
```
npx mcp-server-google-calendar init
```
Set up a Google Cloud project for authentication (this step is required to grant Claude access to your calendar)
Restart Claude Desktop to apply the changes
Test the integration with a simple command like:
```
Give me a list of all my events this week
```

Usage Examples

Creating Events

You can create new calendar events by describing them in natural language:

Create an event called "Chill" whenever I have time on Monday after 8pm.

Finding Available Time Slots

You can ask Claude to find times when multiple people are available:

Check whenever both me and Arian are free this week between 9am and 5pm and schedule a meeting called "Going over MCP"

Other Calendar Operations

The MCP server also supports other calendar operations like:

Listing upcoming events
Checking your schedule for a specific day
Finding free time slots
Rescheduling meetings

Simply describe what you need in natural language, and Claude will use the MCP server to interact with your Google Calendar.

How to add this MCP server to Cursor

There are two ways to add an MCP server to Cursor. The most common way is to add the server globally in the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file so that it is available in all of your projects.

If you only need the server in a single project, you can add it to the project instead by creating or adding it to the .cursor/mcp.json file.

Adding an MCP server to Cursor globally

To add a global MCP server go to Cursor Settings > MCP and click "Add new global MCP server".

When you click that button the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file will be opened and you can add your server like this:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "cursor-rules-mcp": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "cursor-rules-mcp"
            ]
        }
    }
}

Adding an MCP server to a project

To add an MCP server to a project you can create a new .cursor/mcp.json file or add it to the existing one. This will look exactly the same as the global MCP server example above.

How to use the MCP server

Once the server is installed, you might need to head back to Settings > MCP and click the refresh button.

The Cursor agent will then be able to see the available tools the added MCP server has available and will call them when it needs to.

You can also explictly ask the agent to use the tool by mentioning the tool name and describing what the function does.