Google Sheets runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 324 installs a week from npm. Last commit 25 Oct 2026.
Allow AI systems to read, write, and query spreadsheet data via Google Sheets.
Nothing serious here today
Today is the operative word: we check Google Sheets every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.
Connect this server
This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add google-sheets-mcp -e 'MCP_TRANSPORT=<MCP_TRANSPORT>' -e 'GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID=<GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID>' -e 'GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET=<GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET>' -- npx -y google-sheets-mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"google-sheets-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"google-sheets-mcp"
],
"env": {
"GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID": "<GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID>",
"GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET": "<GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET>",
"MCP_TRANSPORT": "<MCP_TRANSPORT>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.google-sheets-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "google-sheets-mcp"]
env = { MCP_TRANSPORT = "<MCP_TRANSPORT>", GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID = "<GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID>", GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET = "<GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"google-sheets-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"google-sheets-mcp"
],
"env": {
"GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID": "<GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID>",
"GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET": "<GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET>",
"MCP_TRANSPORT": "<MCP_TRANSPORT>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"google-sheets-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"google-sheets-mcp"
],
"env": {
"GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID": "<GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID>",
"GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET": "<GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET>",
"MCP_TRANSPORT": "<MCP_TRANSPORT>"
}
}
}
}Put your own values in place of
<MCP_TRANSPORT> (Transport type), <GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID> (Google OAuth client ID), <GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET> (Google OAuth client secret).
The author’s registry entry marks them as required.
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Google Sheets — questions
Answers built from our own checks of this server.