Google Drive Files MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 59 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 12 Jul 2026.
Minimal MCP server for Google Drive file management and Google Sheets editing.
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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-drive-files-mcp -- uvx google-drive-files-mcp
{
"mcpServers": {
"google-drive-files-mcp": {
"args": [
"google-drive-files-mcp"
],
"command": "uvx"
}
}
}
[mcp_servers.google-drive-files-mcp]
command = "uvx"
args = ["google-drive-files-mcp"]
{
"mcpServers": {
"google-drive-files-mcp": {
"args": [
"google-drive-files-mcp"
],
"command": "uvx"
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"google-drive-files-mcp": {
"args": [
"google-drive-files-mcp"
],
"command": "uvx"
}
}
}
This one needs environment variables set before it will start:
GDRIVE_FILES_MCP_CREDENTIALS (Path to the Google OAuth client secret JSON. Default: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/google-drive-files-mcp/credentials.json.), GDRIVE_FILES_MCP_TOKEN (Path to the cached Google OAuth refresh token. Default: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/google-drive-files-mcp/token.json.), GDRIVE_FILES_MCP_SCOPES (Comma-separated Google OAuth scopes. Default: https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive (full, required to move files).).
The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.
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