Google Drive
Quality Score
93
/100
Allow AI systems to list, search, upload, download, and manage files and folders in Google Drive.
§01 Install
Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)
{
"mcpServers": {
"google-drive-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"google-drive-mcp"
],
"env": {
"GOOGLE_ACCESS_TOKEN": "<your-google_access_token>",
"MCP_TRANSPORT": "<mcp_transport>",
"GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID": "<google_client_id>",
"GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET": "<your-google_client_secret>"
}
}
}
}Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)
{
"mcpServers": {
"google-drive-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"google-drive-mcp"
],
"env": {
"GOOGLE_ACCESS_TOKEN": "<your-google_access_token>",
"MCP_TRANSPORT": "<mcp_transport>",
"GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID": "<google_client_id>",
"GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET": "<your-google_client_secret>"
}
}
}
}Cline (cline_mcp_settings.json)
npx -y google-drive-mcp§02 Environment variables
GOOGLE_ACCESS_TOKENrequiredsecret
Google OAuth access token with Drive scopes.
MCP_TRANSPORTrequired
Transport type.
GOOGLE_CLIENT_IDrequired
Google OAuth client ID.
GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRETrequiredsecret
Google OAuth client secret.
§03 MCP Quality Score · methodology
freshness
23
completeness
20
installability
25
documentation
15
stability
10
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