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Google Drive MCP Server
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Production-ready Google Drive MCP server with 47 extensible actions — plus built-in authentication, security, and optimized execution.

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47 Agent Actions

Create, read, update, and delete across Google Drive — and extend your agent's capabilities with custom actions.

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Authentication

Agent Tool Authentication

Per-user OAuth in one call. Your Google Drive MCP server gets session-scoped tokens with zero credentials stored on your infra.

Agent Auth →

Security

Agent Protection

Every Google Drive tool response scanned for prompt injection in milliseconds — 88.7% accuracy, all running on CPU.

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Performance

Max Agent Context. Min Cost.

Free up to 96% of your agent's context window to enhance reasoning and reduce cost, on every Google Drive call.

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What is the Google Drive MCP Server?

A Google Drive MCP server lets AI agents read and write Google Drive data through the Model Context Protocol — Anthropic's open standard for connecting LLMs to external tools. StackOne's Google Drive MCP server ships with 47 pre-built actions, fully extensible via the Connector Builder — plus managed authentication, prompt injection defense, and optimized agent context. Connect it from MCP clients like Claude Desktop, Cursor, and VS Code, or from agent frameworks like OpenAI Agents SDK, LangChain, and Vercel AI SDK.

All Google Drive MCP Tools and Actions

Every action from Google Drive's API, ready for your agent. Create, read, update, and delete — scoped to exactly what you need.

Unified Files

  • List Unified Files

    List unified files in Google Drive with StackOne unified filters

  • Get Unified File

    Get a unified file by ID with metadata mapped to StackOne unified schema

  • Download Unified File

    Downloads unified file content from Google Drive

Unified Folders

  • List Unified Folders

    List unified folders in Google Drive with StackOne unified filters

  • Get Unified Folder

    Get a unified folder by ID with metadata mapped to StackOne unified schema

Unified Drives

  • List Unified Drives

    List unified shared drives in Google Drive

  • Get Unified Drive

    Get a unified shared drive by ID with metadata mapped to StackOne unified schema

Files

  • Copy File

    Creates a copy of a file and applies any requested updates with patch semantics

  • Create File

    Creates a new file or folder with metadata only

  • List Files

    List files, folders, and other Drive items. Returns raw Google Drive API response

  • Get File

    Get file, folder, or Drive item by ID

  • Update File

    Updates a file's metadata using patch semantics

  • Delete File

    Permanently deletes a file without moving it to the trash

Shared Drives

  • Create Shared Drive

    Creates a new shared drive

  • List Shared Drives

    Lists the user's shared drives (formerly Team Drives)

  • Get Shared Drive

    Gets a shared drive's metadata by ID

  • Update Shared Drive

    Updates the metadata for a shared drive

  • Delete Shared Drive

    Permanently deletes a shared drive for which the user is an organizer

Permissions

  • Create Permission

    Creates a new permission for a file or shared drive

  • List Permissions

    Lists a file's or shared drive's permissions

  • Get Permission

    Gets a permission by ID

  • Update Permission

    Updates a permission with patch semantics (modify role, expiration time, etc.)

  • Delete Permission

    Deletes a permission (revokes access)

Comments

  • Create Comment

    Creates a new comment on a file

  • List Comments

    Lists a file's comments

  • Get Comment

    Gets a comment by ID

  • Update Comment

    Updates a comment with patch semantics (edit content or resolve/reopen)

  • Delete Comment

    Deletes a comment

Replys

  • Create Reply

    Creates a reply to a comment

  • Get Reply

    Gets a reply by ID

  • Update Reply

    Updates a reply with patch semantics

  • Delete Reply

    Deletes a reply

Revisions

  • List Revisions

    Lists a file's revisions

  • Get Revision

    Gets a revision's metadata or content by ID

  • Update Revision

    Updates a revision with patch semantics

  • Delete Revision

    Permanently deletes a file version

Access Proposals

  • List Access Proposals

    Returns a paginated list of access proposals.

  • Get Access Proposal

    Retrieves an access proposal by ID

Other (9)

  • List Replies

    Lists a comment's replies

  • Get Changes Start Page Token

    Gets the starting pageToken for listing future changes

  • List Changes

    Returns a paginated list of changes.

  • Get About

    Gets information about the user, the user's Drive, and system capabilities

  • Empty Trash

    Permanently deletes all of the user's trashed files

  • Generate IDs

    Generates a set of file IDs which can be provided in create or copy requests

  • Hide Shared Drive

    Hides a shared drive from the default view

  • Unhide Shared Drive

    Restores a shared drive to the default view

  • Resolve Access Proposal

    Approves or denies an access proposal

Set Up Your Google Drive MCP Server in Minutes

One endpoint. Any framework. Your agent is talking to Google Drive in under 10 lines of code.

MCP Clients

Agent Frameworks

Claude Desktop
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "stackone": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote@latest",
        "https://api.stackone.com/mcp?x-account-id=<account_id>",
        "--header",
        "Authorization: Basic <YOUR_BASE64_TOKEN>"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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Google Drive MCP Server Resources

MCP Code Mode: Keeping Tool Responses Out of Agent Context

Anthropic's code_execution processes data already in context. Custom MCP code mode keeps raw tool responses in a sandbox. 14K tokens vs 500.

11 min

Comparing BM25, TF-IDF, and Hybrid Search for MCP Tool Discovery

Benchmarking BM25, TF-IDF, and hybrid search for MCP tool discovery across 916 tools. The 80/20 TF-IDF/BM25 hybrid hits 21% Top-1 accuracy in under 1ms.

10 min

Indirect Prompt Injection Defense for MCP Tools: A Technical Guide

MCP tools that read emails, CRM records, and tickets are indirect prompt injection vectors. Here's how we built a two-tier defense that scans tool results in ~11ms.

12 min

Google Drive MCP Server FAQ

Google Drive MCP server vs direct API integration — what's the difference?
A Google Drive MCP server and direct API integration serve different use cases. Direct API integration is for software-to-software — backend code calling Google Drive. A Google Drive MCP server is for AI agents — MCP clients like Claude and Cursor, plus framework agents built with OpenAI, LangChain, or Vercel AI — discovering and calling Google Drive at runtime. StackOne provides both.
How does Google Drive authentication work for AI agents?
Google Drive authentication for AI agents works through a StackOne Connect Session. Create one via the dashboard or the SDK — you get an auth link and ready-to-paste config for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and other MCP clients. Your user authenticates their own Google Drive account; StackOne handles token exchange, storage, and refresh. Credentials never reach the LLM, and each user is isolated via origin_owner_id.
Are Google Drive MCP tools vulnerable to prompt injection?
Yes — Google Drive MCP tools can be vulnerable to indirect prompt injection. Any tool that reads user-written content — documents, messages, tickets, records, or free-text fields — is a potential vector. StackOne Defender scans every tool response before it enters the agent's context — regex patterns in ~1ms, then a MiniLM classifier in ~4ms. 88.7% accuracy, CPU-only.
What is the context bloat of a Google Drive agent and how do I avoid it?
Context bloat happens when Google Drive tool schemas and API responses eat your Google Drive agent's memory, preventing it from reasoning effectively. A single Google Drive query can return a massive JSON response, and connecting multiple tools compounds the problem. Tools Discovery and Code Mode reduce context bloat — loading only relevant tools per query and keeping raw responses out of the agent's context.
Can I limit which actions my Google Drive agent can access?
Yes — you can limit which actions your Google Drive agent can access directly from the StackOne dashboard. Toggle actions on or off, or restrict them to specific accounts, with no code changes to your agent. Session tokens can be scoped to exact actions so if one leaks, exposure stays contained.
Can I create custom agent actions for my Google Drive MCP server?
Yes — you can create custom agent actions for your Google Drive MCP server using Connector Builder. It's an integration agent your coding assistant (Claude Code, Cursor, or Copilot) can invoke to research Google Drive's API, generate production-ready connector YAML, test against the live API, and validate before you ship.
When should I NOT use a Google Drive MCP server?
Skip a Google Drive MCP server if your integration is purely software-to-software — direct Google Drive API integration is simpler when no AI agent is involved. For deterministic, compliance-critical operations (financial transactions, regulatory reporting), direct API gives you predictable behavior without agent-driven decision-making. MCP shines when AI agents need to dynamically discover and call Google Drive actions at runtime.
What AI frameworks and AI clients does the StackOne Google Drive MCP server support?
The StackOne Google Drive MCP server supports both. MCP clients (paste-and-go apps): Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, Goose. Agent frameworks (code SDKs you build with): OpenAI Agents SDK, Anthropic, Vercel AI, Google ADK, CrewAI, Pydantic AI, LangChain, LangGraph, Azure AI Foundry.

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