--- title: "Google Drive MCP server for AI agents - actionlake" description: "Give Claude 58 Google Drive actions through one MCP server: files, drives. Your agent never holds the credential. 100,000 calls a month free." canonical: https://actionlake.com/connectors/google-drive updated: 2026-09-21 --- Connectors · Files & documents # Google Drive MCP server for AI agents. actionlake is an MCP gateway: one remote MCP server that connects Claude and other MCP clients to Google Drive and the rest of your systems. It gives your agent 58 Google Drive actions (25 reads, 24 writes and 9 that wait for a confirmation) and holds the Google Drive credential itself, so the agent never does. It paces Google Drive's limits and records every call. Connecting Google Drive needs your own Google Drive OAuth app and one admin sign-in. [Connect Google Drive 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: "gws_drive.files.list", intent: "check which Google Drive account is connected" } # List Drive files · read · 1 upstream call ``` - 58 actions in one signed file - 25 read look, never change - 24 write create and update - 9 wait for a yes destructive, confirmed first Set up ## Connect Google Drive 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 Drive. OAuth 2.0, authorization code with PKCE. You register your own OAuth app with Google Drive, 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 Drive needs an OAuth app of your own, registered in its developer portal. actionlake has no Google Drive 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 - `client_secret` Google OAuth client secret ``` account { op: "connections.requirements", service: "gws_drive" } # 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: "gws_drive.files.list" } # list drive files · read · 1 upstream call check { action: "gws_drive.files.delete", input: { … } } # free: inputs, permissions, cost and confirmations, nothing sent ``` Google Drive at a glance **Sign-in** OAuth 2.0, authorization code with PKCE. You register your own OAuth app with Google Drive, 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** 12,000 calls a minute, per connection **API covered** Google Drive API 3`www.googleapis.com/drive/v3` **Built from** Google Drive's documentation, read 17 September 2026[googleapis.com](https://www.googleapis.com/discovery/v1/apis/drive/v3/rest) [developers.google.com](https://developers.google.com/workspace/drive/api/reference/rest/v3) **Service file** Version 1.0.0, signed (Ed25519) **Cached reads** 21 of 25 reads, for up to an hour; a write clears what it affects **Ready-made plans** 6 in the store **Shared entities** 3, so ask can line Google Drive 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 Drive. 58 actions in 1 area. Every one carries its effect, so a key can allow the reads and hold the rest. - **25** read look, never change - **24** write create and update - **9** destructive wait for a confirmation 1. ### Files 58 25 read · 24 write · 9 destructive List Drive files · List permissions on a Drive item · List shared drives · Get one Drive file Top actions ## The Google Drive API, shaped for agents. The ids your agent types, what each does, and the one name it shares with other systems. 47 of Google Drive's 53 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_drive.files.list` List Drive files | List or search files and folders in Drive, with the Drive query grammar. | read | `content.file.list` 77 connectors | | `gws_drive.permissions.list` List permissions on a Drive item | List who has access to one file or shared drive, and with what role. | read | `content.file_permission.list` 17 connectors | | `gws_drive.drives.list` List shared drives | List the shared drives the user can see, or every one in the domain as an admin. | read | `content.drive.list` 5 connectors | | `gws_drive.files.get` Get one Drive file | Fetch metadata for a single file or folder by id. | read | `content.file.get` 74 connectors | | `gws_drive.files.delete` Delete a Drive file permanently | Permanently delete a file, bypassing the trash. | destructive | `content.file.delete` 68 connectors | | `gws_drive.permissions.update` Update a Drive permission | Change the role or expiry of an existing permission. | write | `content.file_permission.update` 17 connectors | | `gws_drive.drives.create` Create a shared drive | Create a new shared drive with a caller-supplied idempotency key. | write | `content.drive.create` 3 connectors | | `gws_drive.comments.list` List comments on a Drive file | List the comments on one file, newest modification first. | read | `content.file_comment.list` 12 connectors | | `gws_drive.revisions.list` List revisions of a Drive file | List the stored version history of one file. | read | `content.file_version.list` 12 connectors | | `gws_drive.comments.create` Comment on a Drive file | Add a new comment to a file, optionally anchored to a region. | write | `content.file_comment.create` 11 connectors | | `gws_drive.files.watch` Watch a Drive file for changes | Open a push-notification channel that reports changes to one file. | write | `automation.webhook.create` 209 connectors | | `gws_drive.files.download_start` Start a Drive file download operation | Kick off a long-running download and return an Operation to poll. | write | `automation.background_job.create` 29 connectors | Try it ## Prompts to paste into Claude. Each one names the Google Drive actions it will call, so you know what it reads and what it changes before you send it. 1. Read read Which Google Drive files changed this week, and who changed them? calls `gws_drive.files.list` 2. Plan read Audit who can see a file and report the external shares in Google Drive. calls `gws_drive.files.get` `gws_drive.permissions.list` `gws_drive.permissions.get` `gws_drive.access_proposals.list` 3. Plan destructive Pin the current revision and delete the stale history in Google Drive. Ask me before anything is sent or changed. calls `gws_drive.files.get` `gws_drive.revisions.list` `gws_drive.revisions.update` `gws_drive.revisions.delete` 4. Write write Update a Drive permission in Google Drive. Show me exactly what you will send before you save it. calls `gws_drive.permissions.update` The plan store ## Ready-made plans for Google Drive. 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. 1. ### Audit who can see a file and report the external shares Use it when Someone asks who currently has access to a specific Drive file or folder. **Effect** read **Steps** 4 · loops **Needs** file id **Install** `gws_drive-audit-file-sharing` 2. ### Collect and answer the open comments on a file Use it when A document has collected comments and someone needs them gathered and acknowledged. **Effect** write **Steps** 3 · loops **Needs** ack text and file id **Install** `gws_drive-triage-open-comments` 3. ### Copy a template, park it in a folder and share it for review Use it when A template needs to be duplicated for a new piece of work and handed to a reviewer. **Effect** write **Steps** 4 **Needs** ask, expires at, folder id, new name, reviewer email and template file id **Install** `gws_drive-share-folder-with-reviewers` 4. ### Start a document approval and wait for the reviewers Use it when A document needs a formal Drive approval opened and tracked through to a decision. A person decides Open a formal Drive approval on this document and lock it against further edits while reviewers decide. **Effect** write **Steps** 5 **Needs** due time, file id, message and reviewer emails **Install** `gws_drive-run-document-approval` 5. ### Pin the current revision and delete the stale history Use it when A file's revision history has grown large and the old versions should be cleared out. A person decides Permanently delete the older revisions of this file, keeping only the pinned one. **Effect** destructive **Steps** 5 · loops **Needs** file id and keep revision id **Install** `gws_drive-prune-old-revisions` 6. ### Revoke access to a file after a human signs off Use it when A person or domain must lose access to a Drive file and the removal needs sign-off first. A person decides Permanently remove this permission from the named Drive file, cutting off that person's access. **Effect** destructive **Steps** 5 **Needs** file id and permission id **Install** `gws_drive-revoke-external-access` install a plan ``` account { op: "plans.install", slug: "gws_drive-audit-file-sharing" } # then ask for it by name; a schedule can run it on a timetable ``` Governance for Google Drive ## Destructive actions wait for a yes. 9 Google Drive actions are destructive. These are all of them: - Delete a Drive file permanently `gws_drive.files.delete` - Revoke a Drive permission `gws_drive.permissions.delete` - Delete a shared drive `gws_drive.drives.delete` - Delete a Drive comment `gws_drive.comments.delete` - Delete a Drive file revision `gws_drive.revisions.delete` - Stop a Drive notification channel `gws_drive.channels.stop` - Cancel a Drive approval `gws_drive.approvals.cancel` - Delete a reply to a Drive comment `gws_drive.replies.delete` - Empty the Drive trash `gws_drive.files.empty_trash` 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 gws_drive.files.delete confirm_policy: **human** Delete a Drive file permanently? **intent:** the user asked me to delete a Drive file permanently run suspended · waiting for a named person · key _gws-drive-agent_ cannot confirm itself In the console, or from an emailed signed link. a key for this connector ``` account { op: "keys.create", name: "gws-drive-agent", allowed_actions: ["gws_drive.*"], cap_calls: 2000, confirm_policy: "human_for_writes", approval_rules: [ { match: "gws_drive.files.delete", approver: "lead@example.com" }, { match: "gws_drive.permissions.delete", approver: "lead@example.com" }, { match: "gws_drive.drives.delete", approver: "lead@example.com" } ] } ``` Illustrative. Scoped to Google Drive only, capped at 2,000 upstream calls, every write confirmed, and the destructive ones approved by a named person. Cost ## What Google Drive costs on actionlake. Every Google Drive action is one upstream call, the only thing actionlake bills. Searching, `check`, `cost`, `account` and any call Google Drive 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 58 Google Drive actions - 12 actions page each page of a long list is one call - 21 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 Drive action. 58 actions by area: the id your agent calls, what it does, and its effect. **Files 58** - `gws_drive.about.get` Get Drive account information read - `gws_drive.access_proposals.get` Get one Drive access proposal read - `gws_drive.access_proposals.list` List access proposals on a Drive file read - `gws_drive.access_proposals.resolve` Resolve a Drive access proposal write - `gws_drive.approvals.approve` Approve a Drive approval write - `gws_drive.approvals.cancel` Cancel a Drive approval destructive - `gws_drive.approvals.comment` Comment on a Drive approval write - `gws_drive.approvals.decline` Decline a Drive approval write - `gws_drive.approvals.get` Get one Drive approval read - `gws_drive.approvals.list` List approvals on a Drive file read - `gws_drive.approvals.reassign` Reassign a Drive approval write - `gws_drive.approvals.start` Start a Drive approval write - `gws_drive.apps.get` Get one Drive app read - `gws_drive.apps.list` List installed Drive apps read - `gws_drive.changes.get_start_page_token` Get a Drive changes start page token read - `gws_drive.changes.list` List Drive changes since a token read - `gws_drive.changes.watch` Watch the Drive change feed write - `gws_drive.channels.stop` Stop a Drive notification channel destructive - `gws_drive.comments.create` Comment on a Drive file write - `gws_drive.comments.delete` Delete a Drive comment destructive - `gws_drive.comments.get` Get one Drive comment read - `gws_drive.comments.list` List comments on a Drive file read - `gws_drive.comments.update` Update a Drive comment write - `gws_drive.drives.create` Create a shared drive write - `gws_drive.drives.delete` Delete a shared drive destructive - `gws_drive.drives.get` Get one shared drive read - `gws_drive.drives.hide` Hide a shared drive write - `gws_drive.drives.list` List shared drives read - `gws_drive.drives.unhide` Unhide a shared drive write - `gws_drive.drives.update` Update a shared drive write - `gws_drive.files.copy` Copy a Drive file write - `gws_drive.files.create` Create a Drive file or folder (metadata only) write - `gws_drive.files.delete` Delete a Drive file permanently destructive - `gws_drive.files.download_start` Start a Drive file download operation write - `gws_drive.files.empty_trash` Empty the Drive trash destructive - `gws_drive.files.generate_cse_token` Generate a client-side-encryption token read - `gws_drive.files.generate_ids` Generate Drive file ids read - `gws_drive.files.get` Get one Drive file read - `gws_drive.files.list` List Drive files read - `gws_drive.files.list_labels` List labels on a Drive file read - `gws_drive.files.modify_labels` Modify labels on a Drive file write - `gws_drive.files.update` Update Drive file metadata write - `gws_drive.files.watch` Watch a Drive file for changes write - `gws_drive.operations.get` Get a Drive long-running operation read - `gws_drive.permissions.create` Share a Drive item write - `gws_drive.permissions.delete` Revoke a Drive permission destructive - `gws_drive.permissions.get` Get one Drive permission read - `gws_drive.permissions.list` List permissions on a Drive item read - `gws_drive.permissions.update` Update a Drive permission write - `gws_drive.replies.create` Reply to a Drive comment write - `gws_drive.replies.delete` Delete a reply to a Drive comment destructive - `gws_drive.replies.get` Get one reply to a Drive comment read - `gws_drive.replies.list` List replies to a Drive comment read - `gws_drive.replies.update` Update a reply to a Drive comment write - `gws_drive.revisions.delete` Delete a Drive file revision destructive - `gws_drive.revisions.get` Get one Drive file revision read - `gws_drive.revisions.list` List revisions of a Drive file read - `gws_drive.revisions.update` Update a Drive file revision write Questions ## The Google Drive MCP server, answered. **Is there a Google Drive MCP server for Claude?** Yes. actionlake is an MCP gateway: a remote MCP server that gives Claude, or another MCP client, 58 Google Drive actions, through the same eight tools it uses for every other connector. actionlake is independent; it is not made or endorsed by Google Drive. **What do I need to connect Google Drive?** Your own Google Drive OAuth app, registered with Google Drive (its client id and client secret), and the access and refresh tokens from one admin sign-in. actionlake has no Google Drive 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_drive" } lists exactly what to paste. **Can an AI agent delete or change things in Google Drive?** Only if its key allows it, and only with an explicit confirmation. 9 Google Drive actions are destructive, including delete a Drive file permanently, revoke a Drive permission and delete a shared drive. 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 Drive API limit?** actionlake paces every call to the limits in the Google Drive service file: 12,000 calls a minute per connection. Repeated reads are answered from cache (21 Google Drive actions can be), which never reaches Google Drive. **What does a Google Drive action cost?** One upstream call, the only unit actionlake bills. A list that pages bills one call per page (12 Google Drive actions page). Cache hits, searches, dry runs and calls Google Drive 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 Drive API does it cover?** The Google Drive API 3 at www.googleapis.com/drive/v3. It is built from Google Drive's documentation as read on 17 September 2026. 58 actions in 1 area, each one in the signed service file (version 1.0.0). **Does actionlake keep my Google Drive 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 Drive 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 Drive Shares the most action names with - [Box 24](https://actionlake.com/connectors/box) - [Microsoft OneDrive 21](https://actionlake.com/connectors/microsoft-onedrive) - [Zoho WorkDrive 20](https://actionlake.com/connectors/zoho-workdrive) - [Microsoft SharePoint 19](https://actionlake.com/connectors/microsoft-sharepoint) - [Dropbox 19](https://actionlake.com/connectors/dropbox) - [Confluence 14](https://actionlake.com/connectors/confluence) Joins with, on shared entities - [Slack 1](https://actionlake.com/connectors/slack) - [Canvas LMS 1](https://actionlake.com/connectors/canvas-lms) - [Unified.to 1](https://actionlake.com/connectors/unified-to) - [Appwrite Cloud 1](https://actionlake.com/connectors/appwrite-cloud) - [Teamwork 1](https://actionlake.com/connectors/teamwork) - [ERPNext (Frappe) 1](https://actionlake.com/connectors/erpnext-frappe) Browse - [All Files & documents connectors](https://actionlake.com/connectors/category/files-and-documents) - [All connectors](https://actionlake.com/connectors) - [How actionlake compares](https://actionlake.com/compare) actionlake is independent. It is not made or endorsed by Google Drive; the name is the vendor's own. Counts are from the Google Drive service file, version 1.0.0. ## Give your agent Google Drive today. [Connect Google Drive 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-drive More: https://actionlake.com/llms.txt