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Google Drive MCP Server

by Anthropic

Reference MCP server for Google Drive. Access files, folders, and collaborate on documents.

Reference Implementation
File System
Company Integration
Deployment Type
☁️Remote

Connects to remote services

Authentication
🔐OAuth

OAuth authentication

Installation
Medium

Some configuration needed

Use Cases
Common ways to use this MCP server
Document management
File search
Collaboration
Version history
Ideal For
This server is perfect for these roles and teams
Knowledge Workers
Teams
Educators
Content Creators
Installation
Quick start guide for setting up this MCP server

1. Install via npx

npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/server-gdrive

2. Add to Claude Desktop config

Edit claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "google-drive": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-gdrive"],
      "env": {
        "AUTH_TOKEN": "your-oauth-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

3. Restart Claude Desktop

Close and reopen Claude Desktop to load the new MCP server.

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