mcp-google-drive 0.1.1

A Parafin internal MCP server for interacting with Google Drive (Sheets/Docs).

mcp-google-drive

Parafin internal MCP server for Google Drive, Sheets, and Docs. Built with FastMCP and distributed via Claude Desktop (.mcpb) for accounting and Claude Code (CodeArtifact) for developers.

Auth

On first run, a browser window opens for Google OAuth. Sign in with your @parafin.com account. A token is saved to ~/.config/mcp-google-drive/token.json and silently refreshed on subsequent runs.

Prerequisites: Place credentials.json (obtain from #llm in Slack) at:

~/.config/mcp-google-drive/credentials.json

Setup (Developers)

# One-time install from CodeArtifact
export CODEARTIFACT_AUTH_TOKEN=$(aws codeartifact get-authorization-token \
  --domain parafin --domain-owner <AWS_ACCOUNT_ID> \
  --query authorizationToken --output text)

export UV_INDEX_URL="https://aws:${CODEARTIFACT_AUTH_TOKEN}@parafin-<AWS_ACCOUNT_ID>.d.codeartifact.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/pypi/parafin/simple/"

uvx --index-url "${UV_INDEX_URL}" mcp-google-drive

# Register with Claude Code
claude mcp add google-drive -- uvx mcp-google-drive

Local Development

claude mcp add google-drive -- uv run --directory /path/to/mcp-google-drive mcp-google-drive

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Tools

Google Sheets — Read

Tool	Description
get_sheet_data	Get cell values from a sheet, optionally including formatting metadata
get_sheet_formulas	Get raw formulas from a sheet
list_sheets	List all sheet tabs in a spreadsheet
list_spreadsheets	List spreadsheets in a Drive folder
get_multiple_sheet_data	Fetch data from multiple sheet ranges in one call
get_multiple_spreadsheet_summary	Summarize multiple spreadsheets (headers + first N rows)
search_spreadsheets	Search for spreadsheets by name or content
find_in_spreadsheet	Find cells containing a specific value across sheets

Google Sheets — Write / Create

Tool	Description
update_cells	Write values to a cell range
batch_update_cells	Write to multiple ranges in one call
add_rows	Insert rows into a sheet
add_columns	Insert columns into a sheet
copy_sheet	Copy a sheet tab between spreadsheets
rename_sheet	Rename a sheet tab
create_spreadsheet	Create a new Google Spreadsheet
create_sheet	Add a new tab to an existing spreadsheet
share_spreadsheet	Share a spreadsheet with users by email and role
batch_update	Execute raw Sheets API batchUpdate requests
add_chart	Add a column, bar, line, area, pie, or scatter chart to a sheet

Google Drive — Read

Tool	Description
list_files	List files, optionally filtered by folder and/or MIME type
get_file_metadata	Get metadata for a file (name, type, owners, modified date)
search_files	Search files using a full Drive query string
list_folders	List folders within a parent folder
get_file_content	Download raw text content of a file (CSV, TXT, etc.)

Google Drive — Write / Create

Tool	Description
create_folder	Create a new folder
move_file	Move a file to a different folder

Google Docs — Read

Tool	Description
get_document	Get the full plain text content of a Google Doc
list_documents	List Google Docs in Drive or a specific folder

Google Docs — Write / Create

Tool	Description
create_document	Create a new Google Doc
update_document	Apply raw Docs API batchUpdate requests to a document

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Permissions

Access control is enforced by Formal.ai at the proxy layer. The server exposes the full tool surface — Formal policies determine what each user can actually do. The GCP OAuth application is scoped to @parafin.com accounts only.

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Credential Files

File	Purpose	Source
~/.config/mcp-google-drive/credentials.json	OAuth client ID/secret	Shared via #llm or IT
~/.config/mcp-google-drive/token.json	User access/refresh token	Generated on first run

Neither file should ever be committed to version control.