Google Drive server
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Google Drive MCP server for integrating with Google Drive to allow listing, reading, and searching over files.
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- tonioshikanlu
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- Search files in Google Drive
- Access files via gdrive:///<file_id> URI
- Export Google Docs as Markdown, Sheets as CSV, Slides as plain text, Drawings as PNG
- Support all Google Drive file types
- Read-only access using OAuth 2.0
Setting up with Highlight
This MCP is not yet compatible with Highlight’s one-click setup. However, you can still use it with Highlight by following these steps:
- Download and install Highlight from highlightai.com/download
- Navigate to the plugins tab and select "Add Custom Plugin"
-
Configure the plugin with the settings below
Plugin Name
Google Drive serverCommand (node, npx, python, etc.)Please refer to the README for specific instructions on how to obtain API keys or other required environment variables.
- Enable "Start Automatically" if you want the plugin to start when Highlight launches
From the repository
After setting up a Google Cloud project, enabling the Drive API, and creating OAuth credentials saved as gcp-oauth.keys.json, run node ./dist auth (or the Docker equivalent) to authenticate via browser. Then add the server configuration (Docker or npx) to your MCP client’s mcpServers JSON.
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Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.
{
"mcpServers": {
"google drive server": {
"mcp-gdrive-server": {
"command": "docker",
"args": [
"run",
"-i",
"--rm",
"--mount",
"type=bind,source=/path/to/gcp-oauth.keys.json,target=/gcp-oauth.keys.json",
"-v",
"mcp-gdrive:/gdrive-server",
"-e",
"GDRIVE_OAUTH_PATH=/gcp-oauth.keys.json",
"-e",
"GDRIVE_CREDENTIALS_PATH=/gdrive-server/credentials.json",
"-p",
"3000:3000",
"mcp/gdrive",
"auth"
]
}
}
}
}McpServers
{
"mcp-gdrive-server": {
"command": "docker",
"args": [
"run",
"-i",
"--rm",
"--mount",
"type=bind,source=/path/to/gcp-oauth.keys.json,target=/gcp-oauth.keys.json",
"-v",
"mcp-gdrive:/gdrive-server",
"-e",
"GDRIVE_OAUTH_PATH=/gcp-oauth.keys.json",
"-e",
"GDRIVE_CREDENTIALS_PATH=/gdrive-server/credentials.json",
"-p",
"3000:3000",
"mcp/gdrive",
"auth"
]
}
}Google Drive server
This MCP server integrates with Google Drive to allow listing, reading, and searching over files.
Components
Tools
- search
- Search for files in Google Drive
- Input: query (string): Search query
- Returns file names and MIME types of matching files
Resources
The server provides access to Google Drive files:
- Files (gdrive:///<file_id>)
- Supports all file types
- Google Workspace files are automatically exported:
- Docs → Markdown
- Sheets → CSV
- Presentations → Plain text
- Drawings → PNG
- Other files are provided in their native format
Getting started
1. Create a new Google Cloud project
2. Enable the Google Drive API
3. Configure an OAuth consent screen ("internal" is fine for testing)
4. Add OAuth scope https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.readonly
5. Create an OAuth Client ID for application type "Desktop App"
6. Download the JSON file of your client's OAuth keys
7. Rename the key file to gcp-oauth.keys.json and place into the root of this repo (i.e. servers/gcp-oauth.keys.json)
Make sure to build the server with either npm run build or npm run watch.
Authentication
To authenticate and save credentials:
1. Run the server with the auth argument: node ./dist auth
2. This will open an authentication flow in your system browser
3. Complete the authentication process
4. Credentials will be saved in the root of this repo (i.e. servers/.gdrive-server-credentials.json)
Usage with Desktop App
To integrate this server with the desktop app, add the following to your app's server configuration:
Docker
Authentication:
Assuming you have completed setting up the OAuth application on Google Cloud, you can now auth the server with the following command, replacing /path/to/gcp-oauth.keys.json with the path to your OAuth keys file:
docker run -i --rm --mount type=bind,source=/path/to/gcp-oauth.keys.json,target=/gcp-oauth.keys.json -v mcp-gdrive:/gdrive-server -e GDRIVE_OAUTH_PATH=/gcp-oauth.keys.json -e "GDRIVE_CREDENTIALS_PATH=/gdrive-server/credentials.json" -p 3000:3000 mcp/gdrive auth
The command will print the URL to open in your browser. Open this URL in your browser and complete the authentication process. The credentials will be saved in the mcp-gdrive volume.
Once authenticated, you can use the server in your app's server configuration:
{
"mcpServers": {
"gdrive": {
"command": "docker",
"args": ["run", "-i", "--rm", "-v", "mcp-gdrive:/gdrive-server", "-e", "GDRIVE_CREDENTIALS_PATH=/gdrive-server/credentials.json", "mcp/gdrive"]
}
}
}
NPX
{
"mcpServers": {
"gdrive": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@modelcontextprotocol/server-gdrive"
]
}
}
}
License
This MCP server is licensed under the MIT License. This means you are free to use, modify, and distribute the software, subject to the terms and conditions of the MIT License. For more details, please see the LICENSE file in the project repository.
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