Google Drive MCP server

Google Drive MCP Server provides a Machine Control Protocol interface for interacting with Google Drive files and folders. It enables searching for files, retrieving file content and metadata, and uses OAuth authentication with token persistence. The server supports both HTTP and stdio transport modes.

Requirements

• Python 3.12 or higher
• Google Drive API credentials

Installation

Set Up Environment

Create and activate a virtual environment:

python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate  # On Windows: venv\Scripts\activate

Install the package:

pip install -e .

Configure Google Drive API Access

1. Obtain Google Drive API credentials:

   • Go to the Google Cloud Console
   • Create a new project or select an existing one
   • Enable the Google Drive API for your project
   • Navigate to "Credentials" in the left sidebar
   • Click "Create Credentials" and select "OAuth client ID"
   • Choose "Desktop app" as the application type
   • Download the credentials file and save it as credentials.json

2. Set up authentication:

python -m gdrive_mcp_server.auth_setup --credentials /path/to/your/credentials.json --token /path/to/your/tokens.json

Usage

Running the Server

You can run the server in two different modes:

# Standard stdio mode
gdrive-mcp

# HTTP mode
gdrive-mcp --http

Integrating with Claude Desktop

To use the Google Drive MCP Server with Claude Desktop, add the following configuration to your claude_desktop_config.json:

"mcpServers": {
  "google_drive": {
    "command": "/path/to/your/venv/bin/gdrive-mcp",
    "args": [
      "--token",
      "/path/to/your/tokens.json"
    ]
  }
}

Make sure to replace the paths with your actual paths:

• command: Path to the gdrive-mcp executable in your virtual environment
• args[1]: Path to your tokens.json file (generated during authentication setup)

How to install this MCP server

For Claude Code

To add this MCP server to Claude Code, run this command in your terminal:

claude mcp add-json "google_drive" '{"command":"/path/to/your/venv/bin/gdrive-mcp","args":["--token","/path/to/your/tokens.json"]}'

See the official Claude Code MCP documentation for more details.

For 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 > Tools & Integrations and click "New MCP Server".

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

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "google_drive": {
            "command": "/path/to/your/venv/bin/gdrive-mcp",
            "args": [
                "--token",
                "/path/to/your/tokens.json"
            ]
        }
    }
}

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 explicitly ask the agent to use the tool by mentioning the tool name and describing what the function does.

For Claude Desktop

To add this MCP server to Claude Desktop:

1. Find your configuration file:

• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
• Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
• Linux: ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

2. Add this to your configuration file:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "google_drive": {
            "command": "/path/to/your/venv/bin/gdrive-mcp",
            "args": [
                "--token",
                "/path/to/your/tokens.json"
            ]
        }
    }
}

3. Restart Claude Desktop for the changes to take effect