Google Drive MCP capabilities
This catalog contains 15 public pages—one for every registered MCP tool in mcp-google-drive. Each page starts with the user's task, explains the result, and states whether the call changes real data.
Use this catalog to choose a ready-made capability. Full parameter schemas and API response details remain in the technical reference.
Search
- Search and list files — Finds files and folders by name, content, type or location, with pagination. Impact: read-only.
- List shared drives — Lists the shared drives the authorized account is a member of. Impact: read-only.
Files
- Get file metadata — One file's full metadata: type, location, links, owners and capabilities. Impact: read-only.
- Create a folder — A new folder in My Drive, inside another folder or in a shared drive. Impact: changes data.
- Copy a file — Duplicates a file into a new independent copy. Impact: changes data.
- Move a file — Relocates a file or folder into another folder or shared drive. Impact: destructive operation.
- Rename and update file metadata — Name, description and starred flag, content untouched. Impact: destructive operation.
Content
- Upload file content — Text or a local file into Drive; create, replace or import into Docs/Sheets/Slides. Impact: changes data.
- Download file content — A binary file's bytes, inline or to a local path. Impact: read-only.
- Export a Google Workspace file — A Doc/Sheet/Slides as Markdown, CSV, PDF, Office formats and more. Impact: read-only.
Trash & deletion
- Trash or restore a file — The reversible way to delete (and to undo it). Impact: destructive operation.
- Permanently delete a file — Erases beyond recovery, bypassing the trash. Impact: destructive operation.
Sharing & comments
- Manage sharing and permissions — List, grant, change and revoke access. Impact: destructive operation.
- Manage file comments — Read, write, resolve and delete comment threads. Impact: destructive operation.
Additional API methods
- Raw Google Drive API call — Escape hatch to any Drive API v3 endpoint. Impact: destructive operation.