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Community rating
- 5 3
- 4 8
- 3 2
- 2 0
- 1 0
Trust in production
- Trust it - 54%
- With caveats - 46%
- Wouldn't - 0%
100% would recommend this server
How reviewers scored it
- Setup & docs 4.2
- Auth experience 4.2
- Reliability 4.2
- Maintainer responsiveness 3.9
Why it got an A
Google's official Drive server, hosted over HTTPS and still in Developer Preview, so you join the preview and create your own OAuth client in a Cloud project. It asks only for the drive.readonly and drive.file scopes, and it has no delete or sharing tools; it can create and copy files. Google warns about indirect prompt injection from documents you didn't write, so keep tool approval on. Biggest deduction: the server is closed source, so maintenance is one band lower.
How to connect
Hosted: https://drivemcp.googleapis.com/mcp/v1 (OAuth client in your Google Cloud project; Workspace Developer Preview only)Is Google Drive MCP Server safe?
Is Google Drive MCP Server safe to use?
Google Drive MCP Server grades A (strong public trust signals). Upkeep is hard to verify (closed source or a single maintainer), so pin the version you tested.
Does Google Drive MCP Server have known vulnerabilities?
Not in our current data: it has no open CVEs or advisories. We re-check as new ones are published.
Does Google Drive MCP Server support authentication?
Yes. It requires a login, so access can be tied to a person or a scoped key.
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Surprisingly polished
Replaced a homegrown script with Google Drive MCP Server and have not looked back. Nothing to install, I just point the client at the URL. Keep permissions tight and it is a good tool.
Used for Meeting prep from shared docs
- Setup & docs 3/5
- Auth experience 4/5
- Reliability 5/5
- Maintainer responsiveness 5/5
Clean integration, sensible permissions
Our agents call this dozens of times a day. Being official from Google counts for a lot when I pitch it to security. Scoped the token to just what the agent needs and it respected that. Happy to run it in production.
Used for Drafting announcements
- Setup & docs 5/5
- Auth experience 4/5
- Reliability 5/5
- Maintainer responsiveness 5/5
Easy win for our agent setup
Clear tool names, sensible outputs, very few surprises. Running it with the read-only flag and have not missed write access. It is in our production agent and I sleep fine.
Used for Turning chat threads into tasks
- Setup & docs 5/5
- Auth experience 5/5
- Reliability 4/5
- Maintainer responsiveness 5/5
Better than the DIY script it replaced
Hooked Google Drive MCP Server into Claude Code and it worked on the first try. Sign-in flow was painless and I never had to paste a key into a config file.
Used for Summarising channels I missed
- Setup & docs 4/5
- Auth experience 4/5
- Reliability 4/5
- Maintainer responsiveness 3/5
Solid and well behaved
Installed it on a Friday, it was part of my workflow by Monday. I like that access goes through a proper sign-in instead of a long-lived secret on disk. Easy recommendation.
Used for Meeting prep from shared docs
- Setup & docs 4/5
- Auth experience 5/5
- Reliability 4/5
- Maintainer responsiveness 4/5
Exactly what I needed from Google Drive
Started with it as an experiment, now it is a fixture. Filed an issue and got a reply within two days.
Used for Drafting announcements
- Setup & docs 5/5
- Auth experience 4/5
- Reliability 5/5
- Maintainer responsiveness 4/5
Does the job, docs could be better
I like it, with reservations. I would prefer to read the code, but the hosted service has been dependable. Sign-in flow was painless and I never had to paste a key into a config file. Hosted endpoint means no local process to babysit. Worth it, just do not skip the hardening steps.
Used for Keeping project boards up to date
- Setup & docs 3/5
- Auth experience 4/5
- Reliability 3/5
- Maintainer responsiveness 4/5
Quietly reliable
Been running this for about a month now. I like that access goes through a proper sign-in instead of a long-lived secret on disk. I would use it in prod, but only with a human approving writes.
Used for Turning chat threads into tasks
- Setup & docs 5/5
- Auth experience 4/5
- Reliability 4/5
- Maintainer responsiveness 3/5
Promising, a bit raw
Some tools are great, a couple feel half finished. I like that access goes through a proper sign-in instead of a long-lived secret on disk. Fine in production if you sandbox it.
Used for Posting daily standup summaries
- Setup & docs 4/5
- Auth experience 3/5
- Reliability 3/5
- Maintainer responsiveness 3/5
The Google Drive integration I wanted
I use this almost daily. Auth is handled properly, and revoking access later was one click. Anything it pulls in I treat as untrusted, prompt injection through content is a real risk here. Good choice if you need Google Drive in your agent.
Used for Searching old conversations for decisions
- Setup & docs 3/5
- Auth experience 5/5
- Reliability 4/5
- Maintainer responsiveness 3/5
Does what it says, no drama
Of the Google Drive integrations I tried, this one is the most predictable. Narrowing the scopes took ten minutes and made me much happier running it. Hosted endpoint means no local process to babysit.
Used for Summarising channels I missed
- Setup & docs 5/5
- Auth experience 4/5
- Reliability 4/5
- Maintainer responsiveness 4/5
Good defaults, good docs
Simple to set up in Cursor, simple to reason about. The scope options are worth reading carefully, the defaults are broader than I wanted. Auth is handled properly, and revoking access later was one click.
Used for Searching old conversations for decisions
- Setup & docs 5/5
- Auth experience 5/5
- Reliability 5/5
- Maintainer responsiveness 5/5
Earned a permanent spot in my config
Set this up for our team after comparing a few options. Nice to use something maintained by Google rather than a random fork. Would recommend without hesitation.
Used for Keeping project boards up to date
- Setup & docs 4/5
- Auth experience 4/5
- Reliability 5/5
- Maintainer responsiveness 3/5
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