Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides MCP server

Google MCP Server

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for reading Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides, and the comments and suggested edits on them.

Features

Read-only access to Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drive comments via MCP tools. Two upload tools exist only if you turn on write mode.

Google Docs Tools

• get_document_metadata - Get document metadata (title, word count, element counts)
• get_document_content - Get structured content (headings, paragraphs, images, tables)
• get_document_text - Get all text as a single plain text string
• get_document_paragraphs - Get text organized by paragraphs
• get_document_suggestions - Get text split into original, inserted, and deleted by suggested edits

Google Drive Tools

• get_file_comments - List a file's comments with quoted text, resolved state, and replies
• upload_file - Upload a local file, optionally converting it to a Doc, Sheet, or Slides file (write mode only)
• update_file - Replace a Drive file's content, keeping its ID (write mode only)

Write mode is off by default. Start the server with --enable-write (or MCP_GOOGLE_ENABLE_WRITE=true) to register the two upload tools; they read local files only from --upload-root. See Google Drive tools.

Google Sheets Tools

• get_spreadsheet_metadata - Get spreadsheet metadata (title, sheet count, locale, time zone)
• list_sheets - List all sheets with their properties
• get_sheet_values - Get cell values from a specific range
• get_sheet_data - Get all data from a specific sheet
• get_multiple_ranges - Batch get values from multiple ranges

Google Slides Tools

• get_presentation - Get presentation metadata (title, slide count, locale, revision ID)
• list_slides - List all slides with titles and element counts
• get_slide - Get slide content and element details by index or object ID
• get_slide_notes - Get speaker notes by slide index or object ID
• get_presentation_content - Get all slides' text and images in one call (ideal for AI)

Architecture

This server is built on omniskill, making its Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides skills composable building blocks that can be reused in multi-service MCP servers.

Composable Skills

The skills in this repository can be imported and combined with other skills:

import (
    "github.com/plexusone/mcp-google/skills/docs"
    "github.com/plexusone/mcp-google/skills/sheets"
    "github.com/plexusone/mcp-google/skills/slides"
    runtime "github.com/plexusone/omniskill/mcp/server"
)

// Create runtime
rt := runtime.New(&mcp.Implementation{
    Name:    "work-mcp-server",
    Version: "v1.0.0",
}, nil)

// Add Google skills
docsSkill := docs.New(googleHTTPClient)
docsSkill.Init(ctx)
rt.RegisterSkill(docsSkill)

sheetsSkill := sheets.New(googleHTTPClient)
sheetsSkill.Init(ctx)
rt.RegisterSkill(sheetsSkill)

slidesSkill := slides.New(googleHTTPClient)
slidesSkill.Init(ctx)
rt.RegisterSkill(slidesSkill)

// Add other skills (Slack, Jira, GitHub, etc.)
rt.RegisterSkill(slackSkill)
rt.RegisterSkill(jiraSkill)

// Run server
rt.ServeStdio(ctx)

This enables building unified MCP servers that combine multiple services while keeping each service's implementation modular and maintainable.

Requirements

• Go 1.26+
• Google Cloud service account with Docs, Sheets, and Slides API access

Installation

go install github.com/plexusone/mcp-google/cmd/mcp-google@latest

Or build from source:

git clone https://github.com/plexusone/mcp-google.git
cd mcp-google
go build ./cmd/mcp-google

Setup

1. Create a Google Cloud Service Account

1. Go to the Google Cloud Console
2. Create a new project or select an existing one
3. Enable the Google Docs API, Google Sheets API, and Google Slides API
4. Create a service account with no special roles
5. Download the JSON credentials file

2. Share Documents with the Service Account

Share any documents, spreadsheets, or presentations you want to access with the service account's email address (found in the credentials JSON as client_email).

Usage

Option 1: Google Service Account Credentials

Use a standard Google Cloud service account JSON file:

mcp-google --credentials /path/to/service-account.json

Or using an environment variable:

export GOOGLE_CREDENTIALS_FILE=/path/to/service-account.json
mcp-google

Option 2: goauth CredentialsSet

Use a goauth CredentialsSet file, which can store multiple credentials:

mcp-google --goauth-credentials-file /path/to/credentials.json --goauth-credentials-account myaccount

Or using environment variables:

export GOAUTH_CREDENTIALS_FILE=/path/to/credentials.json
export GOAUTH_CREDENTIALS_ACCOUNT=myaccount
mcp-google

The CredentialsSet entry should be of type gcpsa with appropriate scopes:

{
  "credentials": {
    "myaccount": {
      "type": "gcpsa",
      "gcpsa": {
        "gcpCredentials": {
          "type": "service_account",
          "project_id": "...",
          "private_key_id": "...",
          "private_key": "...",
          "client_email": "...",
          "client_id": "..."
        },
        "scopes": [
          "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/documents.readonly",
          "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets.readonly",
          "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/presentations.readonly",
          "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.readonly"
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}

Option 3: Vault-Backed Credentials

Use omnitoken with omnivault-desktop for secure credential storage in password managers.

Supported vault providers:

Provider	URI Pattern	Requirements
1Password	op://vault	OP_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_TOKEN env var
Bitwarden	bw://org-id	BW_ACCESS_TOKEN and BW_ORGANIZATION_ID env vars
File	file:///path	None
Env	env://PREFIX_	None

1Password Example

export OP_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_TOKEN="ops_..."
mcp-google --vault op://MyVault --credentials-name google

Bitwarden Example

export BW_ACCESS_TOKEN="..."
export BW_ORGANIZATION_ID="..."
mcp-google --vault bw://org-id --credentials-name google

File Vault Example

mcp-google --vault file:///path/to/secrets --credentials-name google

CLI Tool Commands

The CLI exposes one subcommand per MCP tool, plus serve and version.

mcp-google --help
mcp-google get-document-metadata <document-id-or-url> --credentials /path/to/service-account.json
mcp-google get-document-content <document-id-or-url> --include-metadata --include-images --include-tables -o pretty
mcp-google get-spreadsheet-metadata <spreadsheet-id-or-url> --credentials /path/to/service-account.json
mcp-google get-sheet-data <spreadsheet-id-or-url> --sheet-name "Sheet1" -o pretty
mcp-google get-presentation <presentation-id> --credentials /path/to/service-account.json

Use mcp-google <command> --help for command-specific flags. See docs/cli.md for the full CLI reference.

Claude Desktop Configuration

Add to your Claude Desktop configuration (claude_desktop_config.json):

With Google Service Account

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "google": {
      "command": "/path/to/mcp-google",
      "env": {
        "GOOGLE_CREDENTIALS_FILE": "/path/to/service-account.json"
      }
    }
  }
}

With goauth CredentialsSet

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "google": {
      "command": "/path/to/mcp-google",
      "env": {
        "GOAUTH_CREDENTIALS_FILE": "/path/to/credentials.json",
        "GOAUTH_CREDENTIALS_ACCOUNT": "myaccount"
      }
    }
  }
}

With 1Password

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "google": {
      "command": "/path/to/mcp-google",
      "env": {
        "OP_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_TOKEN": "ops_...",
        "OMNITOKEN_VAULT_URI": "op://MyVault",
        "OMNITOKEN_CREDENTIALS_NAME": "google"
      }
    }
  }
}

See docs/configuration/claude-desktop.md for more options including Bitwarden.

HTTP Transport (ID-JAG Authorization)

By default mcp-google serves over stdio. It can also serve streamable HTTP as a pure OAuth resource server, verifying bearer tokens issued by an external authorization server (enterprise IdP / ID-JAG delegation-chain tokens):

mcp-google serve \
  --http :8080 \
  --idjag-issuer https://idp.example.com \
  --idjag-audience https://mcp-google.example.com

Verified identity (subject, RFC 8693 act chain, scope) is audit-logged on every tool call, and calls are gated by scope (docs:read, sheets:read, slides:read, drive:read, and drive:write in write mode) when the token carries one. Each tool maps to exactly one required scope through an explicit per-tool table; when a scope claim is present, a tool without a mapping is denied. See docs/configuration/http-transport.md for the full flag/env reference.

Google Docs Tools

get_document_metadata

Get metadata about a document.

Input:

• document_id (required) - The ID or URL of the Google Doc

Output:

• title - Document title
• document_id - Document ID
• revision_id - Current revision ID
• word_count - Approximate word count
• char_count - Character count
• image_count - Number of images
• table_count - Number of tables
• header_count - Number of headers
• footer_count - Number of footers

get_document_content

Get the full structured content of a document.

Input:

• document_id (required) - The ID or URL of the Google Doc
• include_images (optional) - Include image information (default: false)
• include_tables (optional) - Include table content (default: false)
• include_headers (optional) - Include document headers (default: false)
• include_footers (optional) - Include document footers (default: false)

Output:

• title - Document title
• sections - Array of content sections:
  • type - Section type ("heading", "paragraph")
  • level - Heading level (1-6, for headings only)
  • text - Section text content
  • style_id - Style identifier (e.g., "HEADING_1", "NORMAL_TEXT")
• images - Array of images (if requested):
  • object_id - Image element ID
  • content_uri - Direct URL to image
  • source_uri - Original source URL
  • title - Image title
  • description - Image description
• tables - Array of tables (if requested):
  • rows - Number of rows
  • columns - Number of columns
  • cells - 2D array of cell text content
• headers - Array of header text (if requested)
• footers - Array of footer text (if requested)

get_document_text

Get all text from a document as a single plain text string.

Input:

• document_id (required) - The ID or URL of the Google Doc

Output:

• title - Document title
• text - Full document text

get_document_paragraphs

Get text organized by paragraphs.

Input:

• document_id (required) - The ID or URL of the Google Doc

Output:

• title - Document title
• paragraphs - Array of paragraph text strings

Google Sheets Tools

get_spreadsheet_metadata

Get metadata about a spreadsheet.

Input:

• spreadsheet_id (required) - The ID or URL of the Google Sheets spreadsheet

Output:

• spreadsheet_id - Spreadsheet ID
• title - Spreadsheet title
• locale - Spreadsheet locale
• time_zone - Spreadsheet time zone
• sheet_count - Number of sheets
• url - Spreadsheet URL

list_sheets

List all sheets in a spreadsheet with their properties.

Input:

• spreadsheet_id (required) - The ID or URL of the Google Sheets spreadsheet

Output:

• spreadsheet_id - Spreadsheet ID
• title - Spreadsheet title
• sheets - Array of sheet information:
  • index - Sheet index
  • sheet_id - Sheet GID
  • title - Sheet title
  • sheet_type - Sheet type (GRID, etc.)
  • hidden - Whether sheet is hidden
  • row_count - Number of rows
  • column_count - Number of columns
  • frozen_row_count - Number of frozen rows (if any)
  • frozen_column_count - Number of frozen columns (if any)

get_sheet_values

Get cell values from a specific range.

Input:

• spreadsheet_id (required) - The ID or URL of the Google Sheets spreadsheet
• range (required) - A1 notation range (e.g., 'Sheet1!A1:D10', 'A:D', 'A1:D10')
• sheet_index (optional) - Zero-based sheet index (used when range doesn't include sheet name)
• sheet_name (optional) - Sheet name (mutually exclusive with sheet_index)
• value_format (optional) - Output format: 'formatted' (default), 'typed', 'raw'

Output:

• spreadsheet_id - Spreadsheet ID
• range - Resolved range
• values - 2D array of cell values (format depends on value_format)

get_sheet_data

Get all data from a specific sheet.

Input:

• spreadsheet_id (required) - The ID or URL of the Google Sheets spreadsheet
• sheet_index (optional) - Zero-based sheet index (default: 0)
• sheet_name (optional) - Sheet name (mutually exclusive with sheet_index and sheet_gid)
• sheet_gid (optional) - Sheet GID from URL (mutually exclusive with sheet_index and sheet_name)
• value_format (optional) - Output format: 'formatted' (default), 'typed', 'raw'
• include_metadata (optional) - Include sheet metadata (default: false)

Output:

• spreadsheet_id - Spreadsheet ID
• sheet_name - Sheet name
• range - Data range
• values - 2D array of cell values
• metadata - Sheet metadata (if requested)

get_multiple_ranges

Batch get values from multiple ranges in a single request.

Input:

• spreadsheet_id (required) - The ID or URL of the Google Sheets spreadsheet
• ranges (required) - Array of A1 notation ranges
• value_format (optional) - Output format: 'formatted' (default), 'typed', 'raw'

Output:

• spreadsheet_id - Spreadsheet ID
• ranges - Array of range results, each containing:
  • range - Resolved range
  • values - 2D array of cell values

Google Slides Tools

get_presentation

Get metadata about a presentation.

Input:

• presentation_id (required) - The ID of the Google Slides presentation

Output:

• title - Presentation title
• slide_count - Number of slides
• locale - Presentation locale
• revision_id - Current revision ID

list_slides

List all slides in a presentation.

Input:

• presentation_id (required) - The ID of the Google Slides presentation

Output:

• slides - Array of slide information:
  • object_id - Slide's unique identifier
  • index - Zero-based slide index
  • title - Slide title (if present)
  • element_count - Number of elements on the slide

get_slide

Get the content of a specific slide.

Input:

• presentation_id (required) - The ID of the Google Slides presentation
• slide_index (optional) - Zero-based slide index
• slide_object_id (optional) - Slide's object ID

One of slide_index or slide_object_id must be provided.

Output:

• text_content - Array of text strings from the slide
• element_summary - Array of element details:
  • object_id - Element's unique identifier
  • element_type - Type of element (shape, image, table, etc.)
  • description - Element description or text preview

get_slide_notes

Get the speaker notes for a specific slide.

Input:

• presentation_id (required) - The ID of the Google Slides presentation
• slide_index (optional) - Zero-based slide index
• slide_object_id (optional) - Slide's object ID

One of slide_index or slide_object_id must be provided.

Output:

• notes - Speaker notes text

get_presentation_content

Get all slide content in a single call - ideal for AI analysis of the entire presentation.

Input:

• presentation_id (required) - The ID of the Google Slides presentation
• include_notes (optional) - Include speaker notes for each slide (default: false)

Output:

• title - Presentation title
• slides - Array of slide content:
  • index - Zero-based slide index
  • object_id - Slide's unique identifier
  • title - Slide title (if present)
  • text_content - Array of text strings from the slide
  • images - Array of images:
    • object_id - Image element ID
    • content_url - Direct URL to image (valid ~30 minutes)
    • source_url - Original source URL (if available)
    • alt_text - Image description
  • notes - Speaker notes (if include_notes is true)

Finding Document IDs

Documents

The document ID is in the URL when viewing a document:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/DOCUMENT_ID_HERE/edit

Note: Google Docs tools accept either the document ID or the full URL, including URLs with query strings and anchors:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/DOCUMENT_ID_HERE/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.xyz

Spreadsheets

The spreadsheet ID is in the URL when viewing a spreadsheet:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/SPREADSHEET_ID_HERE/edit

Note: Google Sheets tools accept either the spreadsheet ID or the full URL. URLs may include sheet GID and range:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/SPREADSHEET_ID_HERE/edit#gid=123&range=A1:D10

Presentations

The presentation ID is in the URL when viewing a presentation:

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/PRESENTATION_ID_HERE/edit

License

MIT