# Google Drive MCP

> Google's official remote Drive MCP: search, read, and create files with Workspace governance.

- **Category:** Production Ops
- **Vendor:** Google (official)
- **Pricing:** freemium
- **Verified:** 2026-06-11

## What it does

A first-party hosted MCP endpoint from the Drive API team that lets agents search files, read content as a natural-language representation, retrieve metadata, and create/download files — inheriting the user's Drive permissions and Workspace data governance. The production file server for dailies, exports, and shared media.

## Connect

- Remote endpoint: `https://drivemcp.googleapis.com/mcp/v1`
- Claude Code: `claude mcp add --transport http google-drive https://drivemcp.googleapis.com/mcp/v1`

**Auth:** oauth — Bring your own Google Cloud OAuth client (consent screen + client ID/secret) — see the configure-mcp-server guide

## Capabilities

`file-search` · `file-read` · `file-create` · `metadata` · `permission-aware`

## Sample tools

`search_files` · `read_file_content`

## Field notes

Part of the Google Workspace Developer Preview Program — flag as preview. The old Anthropic reference gdrive server is archived; don't use it. Broader community alternative covering Docs/Sheets/Slides/Gmail too: taylorwilsdon/google_workspace_mcp (2.6k stars, very active, uvx workspace-mcp).

## Links

- Site: https://drive.google.com
- Docs: https://developers.google.com/workspace/drive/api/guides/configure-mcp-server

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