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Google Drive MCP Server

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Google Drive runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 325 installs a week from npm. Last commit 10 Jul 2026.

Google Drive + Workspace MCP — Docs, Sheets, Slides, Shared Drives, Labels, Approvals, DWD

Installs per day peak 143 · avg 65 · -17% w/w
a month agotoday
325
Installs / week
npm · @us-all/google-drive-mcp
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Stars
0 open issues
10 Jul 2026
Last commit
0 releases in 90 days
MIT
License
TypeScript

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Google Drive every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

Three servers free · no card

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.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add google-drive -- npx -y @us-all/google-drive-mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "google-drive": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@us-all/google-drive-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.google-drive]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@us-all/google-drive-mcp"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "google-drive": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@us-all/google-drive-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "google-drive": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@us-all/google-drive-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID (OAuth client ID. Required for OAuth refresh-token auth method.), GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET (OAuth client secret. Required for OAuth refresh-token auth method.), GOOGLE_REFRESH_TOKEN (OAuth refresh token. Required for OAuth refresh-token auth method.), GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS (Path to service account JSON key. Required for SA + DWD auth method (alternative to OAuth).), GOOGLE_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_KEY_PATH (Alias for GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS.), GOOGLE_IMPERSONATE_USER (Workspace user email to impersonate (DWD). Required when using service account auth.), GOOGLE_DRIVE_SCOPES (Comma-separated OAuth scopes. Defaults are read-only; write mode broadens Drive/Docs scopes as needed.), GOOGLE_DRIVE_ALLOW_WRITE (Set to 'true' to enable write tools. Default read-only.), GD_TOOLS (Comma-separated category allowlist. Default: all categories enabled.), GD_DISABLE (Comma-separated category disablelist.). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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Google Drive — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Google Drive?
Google Drive runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the npm package @us-all/google-drive-mcp was installed 325 times last week.
How do I connect Google Drive?
Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls @us-all/google-drive-mcp straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Google Drive?
The npm package @us-all/google-drive-mcp was installed 325 times in the last week. Week over week that is -17%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Google Drive open source?
Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in TypeScript and 0 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.