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Google Drive MCP Server
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Q: 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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Google Drive MCP Server

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64 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.

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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 64 pre-built actions, fully extensible via the Connector Builder — plus managed authentication, prompt injection defense, observability, and agent execution runtime. Connect it from MCP clients like Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, Goose, and VS Code, or from agent frameworks like OpenAI Agents SDK, LangChain, and Vercel AI SDK.

All Google Drive MCP Tools

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

Unified Files

Upload Unified File
Upload a new file to Google Drive using the StackOne unified upload schema
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. Edits content and/or resolves/reopens it. NOTE — Google Drive's comments.update requires `content` to be present in EVERY PATCH call (including resolve-only or reopen-only updates); to avoid losing the existing text, fetch the current comment via `get_comment` first and pass its content back unchanged when only flipping `resolved`.
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

Unified Groups

List Unified Groups
List unified groups in Google Drive.
Get Unified Group
Get a unified Google Drive group by ID.

Unified Organizations

List Unified Organizations
List unified organizations in Google Drive.
Get Unified Organization
Get a unified Google Drive organization by ID.

Unified Roles

List Unified Roles
List unified roles in Google Drive.
Get Unified Role
Get a unified Google Drive role by ID.

Unified Users

List Unified Users
List unified users in Google Drive.
Get Unified User
Get a unified Google Drive user by ID.

Other (17)

Upload File (Simple)
Upload raw file binary content to Google Drive without metadata using simple media upload (uploadType=media). Restricted to files 5 MB or smaller. The created file will have no name or parent folder unless set separately via update_file.
Upload File (Multipart)
Upload a file with both binary content and metadata in a single request using multipart upload (uploadType=multipart). Recommended for most file uploads up to 5 MB where name, parent folder, or MIME type must be set at upload time.
Upload File (Resumable)
Upload a file to Google Drive using resumable upload (uploadType=resumable). Required for files larger than 5 MB; also suitable for smaller files on unreliable networks. Supports files up to 5 TB.
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
Get Unified Credentials
Get the current Google Drive connection's unified credentials and identity.
List Unified Resource Types
List unified resource types in Google Drive.
List Unified Resource Users
List unified resource users in Google Drive.
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
Check Permissions
Check what permissions a user has on a Google Drive file, folder, or shared drive, and whether a specific action is allowed. Uses ACL-based resolution exclusively for accuracy.
Resolve Access Proposal
Approves or denies an access proposal
IAM Auth Test
Debugging helper that validates the current OAuth access token by calling Google's token introspection endpoint (GET https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v3/tokeninfo) and returns the raw, unmapped JSON response — email, scope (space-delimited), sub (Google user ID), aud (OAuth client), expires_in, access_type. Bypasses the unified IAM credentials schema. No scope required. Prefer unified_get_me for normal flows; reach for this only when troubleshooting tokens.

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-

JSON

Claude Desktop Docs

{
  "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 FAQ

Does StackOne have a Google Drive MCP server?

Yes. StackOne offers a hosted Google Drive MCP server with 64 pre-built actions, and every action is tested and QA'd by StackOne. Connect it to Claude, Cursor, and any other MCP client, or to any agent framework through the AI Action SDK. It ships with managed agent authentication, prompt injection defense, and tool discovery with server-side execution that preserve your agent's context window and keep reasoning performance.

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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