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Google Docs MCP server for AI agents.
actionlake is an MCP gateway: one remote MCP server that connects Claude and other MCP clients to Google Docs and the rest of your systems. It gives your agent 51 Google Docs actions (1 read, 40 writes and 10 that wait for a confirmation) and holds the Google Docs credential itself, so the agent never does. It paces Google Docs's limits and records every call. Connecting Google Docs needs your own Google Docs OAuth app and one admin sign-in.
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/mcpdo { action: "gws_docs.documents.get", intent: "check which Google Docs account is connected"}# Get a document · read · 1 upstream call- 51actionsin one signed file
- 1readlook, never change
- 40writecreate and update
- 10wait for a yesdestructive, confirmed first
Set up
Connect Google Docs in three steps.
- 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 - 02
Connect Google Docs.
OAuth 2.0, authorization code with PKCE. You register your own OAuth app with Google Docs, 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 Docs needs an OAuth app of your own, registered in its developer portal. actionlake has no Google Docs app to lend you.
access_tokenAccess token from one sign-in with your own OAuth apprefresh_tokenRefresh token from the same sign-in; the access token is renewed from itclient_idGoogle OAuth client idclient_secretGoogle OAuth client secret
account { op: "connections.requirements", service: "gws_docs" } # free: exactly what to paste, and what is found for you - 03
Make the first call. Check before a write.
Ask in plain words; Claude picks the action. Before anything changes,
checkvalidates the call and prices it, for free.do { action: "gws_docs.documents.get" }# get a document · read · 1 upstream callcheck { action: "gws_docs.documents.create", input: { … } }# free: inputs, permissions, cost and confirmations, nothing sent
Google Docs at a glance
- Sign-in
- OAuth 2.0, authorization code with PKCE. You register your own OAuth app with Google Docs, 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_tokenrefresh_tokenclient_idclient_secret- Limits we pace to
- 60 calls a minute, per connection
- API covered
- Google Docs API v1
docs.googleapis.com/v1 - Built from
- Google Docs's documentation, read 17 September 2026docs.googleapis.comdevelopers.google.com
- Service file
- Version 1.0.0, signed (Ed25519)
- Cached reads
- 1 of 1 reads, for up to an hour; a write clears what it affects
- Ready-made plans
- 6 in the store
- Shared entities
- 1, so ask can line Google Docs 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 Docs.
51 actions in 1 area. Every one carries its effect, so a key can allow the reads and hold the rest.
- 1readlook, never change
- 40writecreate and update
- 10destructivewait for a confirmation
Documents
511 read · 40 write · 10 destructive
Get a document · Create a document · Batch-update a document (raw requests) · Append text to the end of a segment
Top actions
The Google Docs API, shaped for agents.
The ids your agent types, what each does, and the one name it shares with other systems. 9 of Google Docs's 17 action names are shared with at least one other connector, so an agent learns them once.
| Action | What it does | Effect | Same name in |
|---|---|---|---|
gws_docs.documents.createCreate a document | Create a new, empty Google document with the given title. | write | content.document.create29 connectors |
gws_docs.text.appendAppend text to the end of a segment | Append text at the end of the document body, or of a header, footer or footnote. | write | content.document_section.create4 connectors |
gws_docs.text.insertInsert text | Insert text at a given index in the document. | write | content.document_section.create4 connectors |
gws_docs.tables.insertInsert a table | Insert an empty table of the given size at an index. | write | this connector |
gws_docs.content.delete_rangeDelete a content range | Delete everything between two indices in a segment. | destructive | content.document_section.delete4 connectors |
gws_docs.images.insert_inlineInsert an inline image | Insert an image from a public URL at an index in the document. | write | this connector |
gws_docs.dates.insertInsert a date chip | Insert a smart date chip at an index in the document. | write | content.document_element.create3 connectors |
gws_docs.people.insertInsert a person mention | Insert a smart chip mentioning a person by email address. | write | content.document_element.create3 connectors |
gws_docs.bullets.createCreate paragraph bullets | Turn the paragraphs overlapping a range into a bulleted or numbered list. | write | this connector |
gws_docs.text.update_styleStyle a range of text | Set bold, italic, font, size, colour or link on a range of text. | write | this connector |
gws_docs.tables.appendAppend a table to the end of a segment | Insert an empty table at the end of the document body, a header or a footer. | write | this connector |
gws_docs.table_rows.insertInsert a table row | Insert an empty row above or below a reference cell. | write | this connector |
Try it
Prompts to paste into Claude.
Each one names the Google Docs actions it will call, so you know what it reads and what it changes before you send it.
- Readread
Get a document in Google Docs and tell me what stands out.
calls
gws_docs.documents.get - Planwrite
Build a titled report doc with a header and a data table in Google Docs.
calls
gws_docs.documents.creategws_docs.headers.creategws_docs.text.appendgws_docs.paragraphs.update_stylegws_docs.dates.insert+3 more - Planwrite
Open a meeting notes doc with attendees and an agenda in Google Docs.
calls
gws_docs.documents.creategws_docs.tabs.addgws_docs.text.appendgws_docs.people.insertgws_docs.dates.insert+1 more - Writewrite
Create a document in Google Docs. Show me exactly what you will send before you save it.
calls
gws_docs.documents.create
The plan store
Ready-made plans for Google Docs.
6 plans in the store. Install one and your agent runs it by name; the reply says which connections are still missing. A schedule can run a plan on a timetable. There are no triggers or webhooks, by design.
Create a doc from a template and fill its placeholders
Use it when An agent needs a fresh Google Doc built from boilerplate text with per-customer or per-deal values merged in.
Rebrand a document's wording, logo and page style
Use it when A company name, product name, logo or brand font changed and an existing document must be brought in line.
Open a meeting notes doc with attendees and an agenda
Use it when Before a meeting, someone wants a notes document prepared with the date, the attendee list and the agenda already laid out.
Build a titled report doc with a header and a data table
Use it when Someone asks for a report or summary document laid out with a heading, a date line and a data table.
Redact named ranges from a document after sign-off
Use it when Sensitive passages marked by named ranges must be blanked out of a document before it is shared, and a person must sign off first.
A person decides
Redact the named ranges range names, ', ' in document title and then delete those ranges permanently.
Strip obsolete tabs and footers from a document after sign-off
Use it when An old document is being archived and its draft tabs and footer must be removed, with a person signing off on the deletion first.
A person decides
Permanently delete tab count tab(s) and the footer from document title. This cannot be undone.
account { op: "plans.install", slug: "gws_docs-new-doc-from-template" }
# then ask for it by name; a schedule can run it on a timetableGovernance for Google Docs
Destructive actions wait for a yes.
10 Google Docs actions are destructive. These are all of them:
- Delete a content range
gws_docs.content.delete_range - Delete a document tab
gws_docs.tabs.delete - Delete a footer
gws_docs.footers.delete - Delete a header
gws_docs.headers.delete - Delete a named range by id
gws_docs.named_ranges.delete - Delete named ranges by name
gws_docs.named_ranges.delete_by_name - Delete a positioned object
gws_docs.positioned_objects.delete - Delete paragraph bullets
gws_docs.bullets.delete - Delete a table row
gws_docs.table_rows.delete - Delete a table column
gws_docs.table_columns.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.
Delete a content range?
intent: the user asked me to delete a content range
account { op: "keys.create", name: "gws-docs-agent", allowed_actions: ["gws_docs.*"], cap_calls: 2000, confirm_policy: "human_for_writes", approval_rules: [ { match: "gws_docs.content.delete_range", approver: "[email protected]" }, { match: "gws_docs.tabs.delete", approver: "[email protected]" }, { match: "gws_docs.footers.delete", approver: "[email protected]" } ]}Cost
What Google Docs costs on actionlake.
Every Google Docs action is one upstream call, the only thing actionlake bills. Searching, check, cost, account and any call Google Docs 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.
- 1upstream call per actionall 51 Google Docs actions
- 51actions pageeach page of a long list is one call
- 1reads can be cacheda cache hit costs nothing
- 100,000calls a month, freepaid plans from US$49 a month for 250,000
Action index
Every Google Docs action.
51 actions by area: the id your agent calls, what it does, and its effect.
Documents51
gws_docs.bullets.createCreate paragraph bulletswritegws_docs.bullets.deleteDelete paragraph bulletsdestructivegws_docs.content.delete_rangeDelete a content rangedestructivegws_docs.dates.insertInsert a date chipwritegws_docs.document.update_styleUpdate the document stylewritegws_docs.documents.batch_updateBatch-update a document (raw requests)writegws_docs.documents.createCreate a documentwritegws_docs.documents.getGet a documentreadgws_docs.footers.createCreate a footerwritegws_docs.footers.deleteDelete a footerdestructivegws_docs.footnotes.createCreate a footnotewritegws_docs.headers.createCreate a headerwritegws_docs.headers.deleteDelete a headerdestructivegws_docs.images.append_inlineAppend an inline image to the end of a segmentwritegws_docs.images.insert_inlineInsert an inline imagewritegws_docs.images.replaceReplace an imagewritegws_docs.named_ranges.createCreate a named rangewritegws_docs.named_ranges.deleteDelete a named range by iddestructivegws_docs.named_ranges.delete_by_nameDelete named ranges by namedestructivegws_docs.named_ranges.replace_contentReplace a named range's content by namewritegws_docs.named_ranges.replace_content_by_idReplace a named range's content by idwritegws_docs.named_styles.updateUpdate a named stylewritegws_docs.page_breaks.appendAppend a page break at the end of the bodywritegws_docs.page_breaks.insertInsert a page breakwritegws_docs.paragraphs.update_styleStyle paragraphswritegws_docs.people.insertInsert a person mentionwritegws_docs.positioned_objects.deleteDelete a positioned objectdestructivegws_docs.rich_links.insertInsert a rich link chipwritegws_docs.sections.append_breakAppend a section break at the end of the bodywritegws_docs.sections.insert_breakInsert a section breakwritegws_docs.sections.update_styleUpdate a section stylewritegws_docs.table_cells.mergeMerge table cellswritegws_docs.table_cells.unmergeUnmerge table cellswritegws_docs.table_cells.update_styleStyle table cellswritegws_docs.table_cells.update_style_allStyle every cell in a tablewritegws_docs.table_columns.deleteDelete a table columndestructivegws_docs.table_columns.insertInsert a table columnwritegws_docs.table_columns.update_propertiesUpdate table column propertieswritegws_docs.table_rows.deleteDelete a table rowdestructivegws_docs.table_rows.insertInsert a table rowwritegws_docs.table_rows.update_styleUpdate table row stylewritegws_docs.tables.appendAppend a table to the end of a segmentwritegws_docs.tables.insertInsert a tablewritegws_docs.tables.pin_header_rowsPin table header rowswritegws_docs.tabs.addAdd a document tabwritegws_docs.tabs.deleteDelete a document tabdestructivegws_docs.tabs.update_propertiesUpdate document tab propertieswritegws_docs.text.appendAppend text to the end of a segmentwritegws_docs.text.insertInsert textwritegws_docs.text.replace_allFind and replace textwritegws_docs.text.update_styleStyle a range of textwrite
Questions
The Google Docs MCP server, answered.
Is there a Google Docs MCP server for Claude?
Yes. actionlake is an MCP gateway: a remote MCP server that gives Claude, or another MCP client, 51 Google Docs actions, through the same eight tools it uses for every other connector. actionlake is independent; it is not made or endorsed by Google Docs.
What do I need to connect Google Docs?
Your own Google Docs OAuth app, registered with Google Docs (its client id and client secret), and the access and refresh tokens from one admin sign-in. actionlake has no Google Docs 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: "gws_docs" } lists exactly what to paste.
Can an AI agent delete or change things in Google Docs?
Only if its key allows it, and only with an explicit confirmation. 10 Google Docs actions are destructive, including delete a content range, delete a document tab and delete a footer. 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 Docs API limit?
actionlake paces every call to the limits in the Google Docs service file: 60 calls a minute per connection. Repeated reads are answered from cache (1 Google Docs actions can be), which never reaches Google Docs.
What does a Google Docs action cost?
One upstream call, the only unit actionlake bills. A list that pages bills one call per page (51 Google Docs actions page). Cache hits, searches, dry runs and calls Google Docs 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 Docs API does it cover?
The Google Docs API v1 at docs.googleapis.com/v1. It is built from Google Docs's documentation as read on 17 September 2026. 51 actions in 1 area, each one in the signed service file (version 1.0.0).
Does actionlake keep my Google Docs data, and where?
actionlake processes and stores data in Sydney, Australia; there is no US region yet. Reads may be cached for up to an hour, 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 Docs 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.
Give your agent Google Docs today.
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