--- title: "Google Chat MCP server for AI agents - actionlake" description: "Give Claude 53 Google Chat actions through one MCP server: spaces, messages, availability. Your agent never holds the credential. 100,000 calls a month free." canonical: https://actionlake.com/connectors/google-chat updated: 2026-10-23 --- Connectors · Email & messaging # Google Chat MCP server for AI agents. actionlake is an MCP gateway: one remote MCP server that connects Claude and other MCP clients to Google Chat and the rest of your systems. It gives your agent 53 Google Chat actions (23 reads, 23 writes and 7 that wait for a confirmation) and holds the Google Chat credential itself, so the agent never does. It paces Google Chat's limits and records every call. Connecting Google Chat needs your own Google Chat OAuth app and one admin sign-in. [Connect Google Chat free](https://actionlake.com/console?start=sandbox) [See pricing](https://actionlake.com/pricing) 100,000 free calls a month. No card, no email, no password: press Start a free sandbox on the next screen and keep the key it shows you. `claude mcp add --transport http actionlake https://connect.actionlake.com/mcp` the first call ``` do { action: "google_chat.spaces.list", intent: "check which Google Chat account is connected" } # Spaces: list · read · 1 upstream call ``` - 53 actions in one signed file - 23 read look, never change - 23 write create and update - 7 wait for a yes destructive, confirmed first Set up ## Connect Google Chat in three steps. 1. 01 ### Add actionlake to Claude. Run the command once in Claude Code; its consent page can create a free sandbox: 100,000 calls a month, no card. In the Claude app, add a custom connector with the URL below and paste your key on the consent page. Creating a new sandbox from the Claude app is not yet tested by us. `https://connect.actionlake.com/mcp` 2. 02 ### Connect Google Chat. OAuth 2.0, authorization code with PKCE. You register your own OAuth app with Google Chat, an admin signs in once, and you paste the app's client id and secret and the tokens from that sign-in; actionlake renews the access token from then on. actionlake stores what you paste write-only, sealed under your tenant's key. Before the first sign-in, Google Chat needs an OAuth app of your own, registered in its developer portal. actionlake has no Google Chat app to lend you. - `access_token` Access token from one sign-in with your own OAuth app - `refresh_token` Refresh token from the same sign-in; the access token is renewed from it - `client_id` Google OAuth client id (Google Cloud console > APIs & Services > Credentials; enable the Google Chat API and… - `client_secret` Google OAuth client secret ``` account { op: "connections.requirements", service: "google_chat" } # free: exactly what to paste, and what is found for you ``` 3. 03 ### Make the first call. Check before a write. Ask in plain words; Claude picks the action. Before anything changes, `check` validates the call and prices it, for free. ``` do { action: "google_chat.spaces.list" } # spaces: list · read · 1 upstream call check { action: "google_chat.messages.create", input: { … } } # free: inputs, permissions, cost and confirmations, nothing sent ``` Google Chat at a glance **Sign-in** OAuth 2.0, authorization code with PKCE. You register your own OAuth app with Google Chat, an admin signs in once, and you paste the app's client id and secret and the tokens from that sign-in; actionlake renews the access token from then on. **You provide** `access_token` `refresh_token` `client_id` `client_secret` **Limits we pace to** 10 calls a second, per connection **API covered** Google Chat API v1 (Discovery revision 20261016)`chat.googleapis.com` **Built from** Google Chat's documentation, read 22 October 2026[chat.googleapis.com](https://chat.googleapis.com/$discovery/rest?version=v1) [developers.google.com](https://developers.google.com/workspace/chat/api/reference/rest) **Service file** Version 1.0.0, signed (Ed25519) **Cached reads** 23 of 23 reads, for up to 2 minutes; a write clears what it affects **Shared entities** 2, so ask can line Google Chat up with your other systems **Data** Processed and stored in Sydney, Australia. No US region yet Capabilities ## What an AI agent can do in Google Chat. 53 actions in 14 areas. Every one carries its effect, so a key can allow the reads and hold the rest. - **23** read look, never change - **23** write create and update - **7** destructive wait for a confirmation 1. ### Spaces 10 5 read · 4 write · 1 destructive Spaces: list · Spaces: create · Spaces: get · Spaces: patch 2. ### Messages 8 3 read · 4 write · 1 destructive Messages: list · Messages: create · Messages: get · Messages: patch 3. ### Availability 5 1 read · 4 write · 0 destructive Availability: get · Availability: mark as active · Availability: mark as away · Availability: mark as do not disturb 4. ### Members 5 2 read · 2 write · 1 destructive Members: list · Members: patch · Members: get · Members: create 5. ### Sections 5 1 read · 3 write · 1 destructive Sections: create · Sections: list · Sections: position · Sections: delete 6. ### Custom emojis 4 2 read · 1 write · 1 destructive Custom emojis: create · Custom emojis: list · Custom emojis: get · Custom emojis: delete 7. ### Message pins 3 1 read · 1 write · 1 destructive Message pins: create · Message pins: list · Message pins: delete 8. ### Reactions 3 1 read · 1 write · 1 destructive Reactions: create · Reactions: list · Reactions: delete **6 more areas · 10 actions** - Section items **2** - Space events **2** - Space notification settings **2** - Space read state **2** - Attachments **1** - Thread read state **1** Top actions ## The Google Chat API, shaped for agents. The ids your agent types, what each does, and the one name it shares with other systems. 15 of Google Chat's 15 action names are shared with at least one other connector, so an agent learns them once. | Action | What it does | Effect | Same name in | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `google_chat.messages.list` Messages: list | Lists messages in a space that the caller is a member of, including messages from blocked members and spaces. | read | `comm.message.list` 42 connectors | | `google_chat.spaces.list` Spaces: list | Lists spaces the caller is a member of. | read | `comm.channel.list` 27 connectors | | `google_chat.messages.create` Messages: create | Creates a message in a Google Chat space. | write | `comm.message.create` 25 connectors | | `google_chat.spaces.create` Spaces: create | Creates a space. | write | `comm.channel.create` 16 connectors | | `google_chat.messages.delete` Messages: delete | Deletes a message. | destructive | `comm.message.delete` 27 connectors | | `google_chat.members.list` Members: list | Lists memberships in a space. | read | `comm.channel_member.list` 12 connectors | | `google_chat.members.patch` Members: patch | Updates a membership. | write | `comm.channel_member.update` 4 connectors | | `google_chat.spaces.setup` Spaces: setup | Creates a space and adds specified users to it. | write | this connector | | `google_chat.members.create` Members: create | Creates a membership for the calling Chat app, a user, or a Google Group. | write | this connector | | `google_chat.reactions.list` Reactions: list | Lists reactions to a message. | read | this connector | | `google_chat.reactions.create` Reactions: create | Creates a reaction and adds it to a message. | write | this connector | | `google_chat.spaces.find_group_chats` Spaces: find group chats | Returns all spaces with `spaceType == GROUP_CHAT`, whose human memberships contain exactly the calling user, and the users specified in… | read | this connector | Try it ## Prompts to paste into Claude. Each one names the Google Chat actions it will call, so you know what it reads and what it changes before you send it. 1. Read read Spaces: list in Google Chat and tell me what stands out. calls `google_chat.spaces.list` 2. Write write Messages: create in Google Chat. Show me exactly what you will send before you save it. calls `google_chat.messages.create` Governance for Google Chat ## Destructive actions wait for a yes. 7 Google Chat actions are destructive. These are all of them: - Messages: delete `google_chat.messages.delete` - Spaces: delete `google_chat.spaces.delete` - Members: delete `google_chat.members.delete` - Reactions: delete `google_chat.reactions.delete` - Sections: delete `google_chat.sections.delete` - Message pins: delete `google_chat.message_pins.delete` - Custom emojis: delete `google_chat.custom_emojis.delete` A destructive action runs only with `confirm: true`. Under the `human` policy the agent cannot confirm for itself: the run stops until a named person approves, in the console or from a signed link in an email. The cap on a key is refused before the call is sent, never after. do google_chat.messages.delete confirm_policy: **human** Messages: delete? **intent:** the user asked me to messages: delete run suspended · waiting for a named person · key _google-chat-agent_ cannot confirm itself In the console, or from an emailed signed link. a key for this connector ``` account { op: "keys.create", name: "google-chat-agent", allowed_actions: ["google_chat.*"], cap_calls: 2000, confirm_policy: "human_for_writes", approval_rules: [ { match: "google_chat.messages.delete", approver: "lead@example.com" }, { match: "google_chat.spaces.delete", approver: "lead@example.com" }, { match: "google_chat.members.delete", approver: "lead@example.com" } ] } ``` Illustrative. Scoped to Google Chat only, capped at 2,000 upstream calls, every write confirmed, and the destructive ones approved by a named person. Cost ## What Google Chat costs on actionlake. Every Google Chat action is one upstream call, the only thing actionlake bills. Searching, `check`, `cost`, `account` and any call Google Chat refused with 401, 403, 429 or a 5xx are free. Paid plans start at US$49 a month for 250,000 calls, with overage from US$0.30 down to US$0.18 per 1,000. - 1 upstream call per action all 53 Google Chat actions - 11 actions page each page of a long list is one call - 23 reads can be cached a cache hit costs nothing - 100,000 calls a month, free paid plans from US$49 a month for 250,000 [See pricing](https://actionlake.com/pricing) Action index ## Every Google Chat action. 53 actions by area: the id your agent calls, what it does, and its effect. **Spaces 10** - `google_chat.spaces.complete_import` Spaces: complete import write - `google_chat.spaces.create` Spaces: create write - `google_chat.spaces.delete` Spaces: delete destructive - `google_chat.spaces.find_direct_message` Spaces: find direct message read - `google_chat.spaces.find_group_chats` Spaces: find group chats read - `google_chat.spaces.get` Spaces: get read - `google_chat.spaces.list` Spaces: list read - `google_chat.spaces.patch` Spaces: patch write - `google_chat.spaces.search` Spaces: search read - `google_chat.spaces.setup` Spaces: setup write **Messages 8** - `google_chat.messages.create` Messages: create write - `google_chat.messages.delete` Messages: delete destructive - `google_chat.messages.get` Messages: get read - `google_chat.messages.list` Messages: list read - `google_chat.messages.patch` Messages: patch write - `google_chat.messages.replace_cards` Messages: replace cards write - `google_chat.messages.search` Messages: search read - `google_chat.messages.update` Messages: update write **Availability 5** - `google_chat.availability.get` Availability: get read - `google_chat.availability.mark_as_active` Availability: mark as active write - `google_chat.availability.mark_as_away` Availability: mark as away write - `google_chat.availability.mark_as_do_not_disturb` Availability: mark as do not disturb write - `google_chat.availability.patch` Availability: patch write **Members 5** - `google_chat.members.create` Members: create write - `google_chat.members.delete` Members: delete destructive - `google_chat.members.get` Members: get read - `google_chat.members.list` Members: list read - `google_chat.members.patch` Members: patch write **Sections 5** - `google_chat.sections.create` Sections: create write - `google_chat.sections.delete` Sections: delete destructive - `google_chat.sections.list` Sections: list read - `google_chat.sections.patch` Sections: patch write - `google_chat.sections.position` Sections: position write **Custom emojis 4** - `google_chat.custom_emojis.create` Custom emojis: create write - `google_chat.custom_emojis.delete` Custom emojis: delete destructive - `google_chat.custom_emojis.get` Custom emojis: get read - `google_chat.custom_emojis.list` Custom emojis: list read **Message pins 3** - `google_chat.message_pins.create` Message pins: create write - `google_chat.message_pins.delete` Message pins: delete destructive - `google_chat.message_pins.list` Message pins: list read **Reactions 3** - `google_chat.reactions.create` Reactions: create write - `google_chat.reactions.delete` Reactions: delete destructive - `google_chat.reactions.list` Reactions: list read **Section items 2** - `google_chat.section_items.list` Section items: list read - `google_chat.section_items.move` Section items: move write **Space events 2** - `google_chat.space_events.get` Space events: get read - `google_chat.space_events.list` Space events: list read **Space notification settings 2** - `google_chat.space_notification_settings.get` Space notification settings: get read - `google_chat.space_notification_settings.patch` Space notification settings: patch write **Space read state 2** - `google_chat.space_read_state.get` Space read state: get read - `google_chat.space_read_state.update` Space read state: update write **Attachments 1** - `google_chat.attachments.get` Attachments: get read **Thread read state 1** - `google_chat.thread_read_state.get` Thread read state: get read Questions ## The Google Chat MCP server, answered. **Is there a Google Chat MCP server for Claude?** Yes. actionlake is an MCP gateway: a remote MCP server that gives Claude, or another MCP client, 53 Google Chat actions across spaces, messages, availability and members, through the same eight tools it uses for every other connector. actionlake is independent; it is not made or endorsed by Google Chat. **What do I need to connect Google Chat?** Your own Google Chat OAuth app, registered with Google Chat (its client id and client secret), and the access and refresh tokens from one admin sign-in. actionlake has no Google Chat app of its own, so this is not a one-step consent. actionlake renews the access token as it expires. The free call account { op: "connections.requirements", service: "google_chat" } lists exactly what to paste. **Can an AI agent delete or change things in Google Chat?** Only if its key allows it, and only with an explicit confirmation. 7 Google Chat actions are destructive, including messages: delete, spaces: delete and members: delete. Each runs only with confirm: true. Under the human confirm policy, or an approval rule on the key, the run waits until a named person approves it. **Will an AI agent use up my Google Chat API limit?** actionlake paces every call to the limits in the Google Chat service file: 10 calls a second per connection. Repeated reads are answered from cache (23 Google Chat actions can be), which never reaches Google Chat. **What does a Google Chat action cost?** One upstream call, the only unit actionlake bills. A list that pages bills one call per page (11 Google Chat actions page). Cache hits, searches, dry runs and calls Google Chat refused with 401, 403, 429 or a 5xx are free. The Free plan includes 100,000 calls a month with no card. Paid plans start at US$49 a month for 250,000 calls, with overage from US$0.30 down to US$0.18 per 1,000. **Which Google Chat API does it cover?** The Google Chat API v1 (Discovery revision 20261016) at chat.googleapis.com. It is built from Google Chat's documentation as read on 22 October 2026. 53 actions in 14 areas, each one in the signed service file (version 1.0.0). **Does actionlake keep my Google Chat data, and where?** actionlake processes and stores data in Sydney, Australia; there is no US region yet. Reads may be cached for up to 2 minutes, and a write clears the reads it affects. Each run's request and response is kept, sealed, for your plan's trace window: 1 day on Free, 3 days on Starter, 7 days on Pro, 14 days on Team, 30 days on Business and 30 days on Enterprise. Your Google Chat credential is sealed under your tenant's key, never logged and never returned. Your traffic is not used to train models. **Which AI clients can use it?** Claude Code, tested by us end to end, and the Claude app as a custom connector, tested by us with an existing key. Other MCP clients that support remote servers over Streamable HTTP (MCP revisions 2025-06-18 and 2025-11-25) and OAuth dynamic client registration, or a bearer header, should connect the same way; we have not tested them. Or plain REST, under the same action names. ## More connectors like Google Chat Shares the most action names with - [Discord 11](https://actionlake.com/connectors/discord) - [Rocket.Chat 10](https://actionlake.com/connectors/rocket-chat) - [Zulip 9](https://actionlake.com/connectors/zulip) - [Cisco Webex 9](https://actionlake.com/connectors/cisco-webex) - [Matrix / Element (Client-Server + Synapse Admin) 7](https://actionlake.com/connectors/matrix-element-client-server-synapse-admin) - [Google Cloud Pub/Sub 5](https://actionlake.com/connectors/google-cloud-pub-sub) Joins with, on shared entities - [Lark Suite 1](https://actionlake.com/connectors/lark-suite) - [Sling 1](https://actionlake.com/connectors/sling) - [Basecamp 1](https://actionlake.com/connectors/basecamp) - [Zoom 1](https://actionlake.com/connectors/zoom) - [Meta Facebook Pages 1](https://actionlake.com/connectors/meta-facebook-pages) - [Botpress 1](https://actionlake.com/connectors/botpress) Browse - [All Email & messaging connectors](https://actionlake.com/connectors/category/email-and-messaging) - [All connectors](https://actionlake.com/connectors) - [How actionlake compares](https://actionlake.com/compare) actionlake is independent. It is not made or endorsed by Google Chat; the name is the vendor's own. Counts are from the Google Chat service file, version 1.0.0. ## Give your agent Google Chat today. [Connect Google Chat free](https://actionlake.com/console?start=sandbox) [See pricing](https://actionlake.com/pricing) Start free - 100,000 calls/month, no card. No signup. Hard caps on every key. Cached answers are free. --- Source: https://actionlake.com/connectors/google-chat More: https://actionlake.com/llms.txt