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Google Drive is Google’s cloud storage service for files and folders. The Google Drive MCP server lets you search, create, move, and share files using natural language.

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What Can It Do?

  • Search files and folders by name, keyword, or date
  • Create, copy, move, and delete files and folders
  • Generate new documents and folder structures on demand
  • Upload and download files between Gumloop storage and Google Drive
  • Share files with specific permissions and get sharing links

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Where to Use It

Add Google Drive as a tool to any agent. The agent can then manage your files conversationally, choosing the right actions based on context. To add an MCP tool to your agent:
  1. Open your agent’s configuration
  2. Click Add tools → Connect an app with MCP
  3. Search for the integration and select it
  4. Authenticate with your account
You can control which tools your agent has access to. After adding an integration, click on it to enable or disable specific tools based on what your agent needs.

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In Workflows (Via Agent Node)

For automated pipelines, use an Agent Node with Google Drive tools. This gives you the flexibility of an agent within a deterministic workflow.

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As a Custom MCP Node

You can also create a standalone MCP node for a specific action. This generates a reusable node that performs one task, useful when you need the same operation repeatedly in workflows.
To create a custom MCP node:
  1. Go to your node library and search for the integration
  2. Click Create a node with AI
  3. Describe the specific action you want (e.g., “Search for files modified this week”)
  4. Test the node and save it for reuse
Custom MCP nodes are single-purpose by design. For tasks that require multiple steps or dynamic decision-making, use an agent instead.

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Available Tools

List Contents excludes trashed files by default. Set trashed to true to include trashed files alongside live ones, or only_trashed to true to return only trashed files (only_trashed takes precedence over trashed).

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Get File Content Reading

The Get File tool can return file metadata by default, and optionally read file content when the read parameter is set to true. Supported file types (uploaded/binary files):
  • Plain text files (.txt, .csv, .json, etc.)
  • PDFs (.pdf)
  • Microsoft Office documents (.docx, .xlsx, .pptx)
  • Other common formats that store content as binary data
Not supported (native Google Workspace files):
  • Google Docs
  • Google Sheets
  • Google Slides
Native Google Workspace files (Docs, Sheets, Slides) do not have downloadable binary content through the Drive API, so Get File cannot extract their content. To read or modify the content of these files, use their dedicated MCP integrations instead:
If you use Get File with read=true on a native Google Workspace file (Doc, Sheet, or Slide), it will return metadata successfully but fail to extract the file content. Use the dedicated MCP integration for that file type instead (e.g., Google Docs MCP for Docs, Google Sheets MCP for Sheets).

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Example Prompts

Use these with your agent or in the Agent Node: Search files:
Create a folder:
Share a file:
Move files:
Get file details:
List only trashed files:

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Troubleshooting

Agents are smart enough to chain multiple API calls together. For example, asking “Share the Q4 report” will find the file first, then share it. If results seem off, check the agent’s step-by-step reasoning.

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Need Help?

Use this integration directly in Claude or Cursor. Connect remotely via the Google Drive MCP server using credentials from your Connectors page.