servers-modelcontextprotocol-1/src/gdrive/README.md

Google Drive server

This MCP server integrates with Google Drive to allow listing, reading, and searching over files.

Getting started

1. Create a new Google Cloud project
2. Enable the Google Drive API
3. Configure an OAuth consent screen ("internal" is fine for testing)
4. Add OAuth scope https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.readonly
5. Create an OAuth Client ID for application type "Desktop App"
6. Download the JSON file of your client's OAuth keys
7. Rename the key file to gcp-oauth.keys.json and place into the root of this repo

Make sure to build the server with either npm run build or npm run watch.

Authentication

To authenticate and save credentials:

1. Run the server with the auth argument: node build/gdrive auth
2. This will open an authentication flow in your system browser
3. Complete the authentication process
4. Credentials will be saved for future use

Running the server

After authenticating:

1. Run the server normally: node build/gdrive
2. The server will load the saved credentials and start

Note: If you haven't authenticated yet, the server will prompt you to run with the auth argument first.