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Google Drive: Get file metadata — MCP tool

Google Drive MCP tool: Fetches one file's full metadata — type, location, links, owners and capabilities.

Technical name: get_file

What task it solves

I want to inspect a file before working with it.

Returns everything Drive knows about a file except its content: identity, placement, timestamps, share links and what the current credentials are allowed to do with it.

When to use it

Use it to check a file's mimeType before download/export, to read capabilities before mutating, to resolve a shortcut's real target (shortcutDetails), or to grab webViewLink for a human.

What to provide

  • file_id — required. The id from a Drive URL or from search_files.
  • fields — optional. A custom Drive fields projection when the rich default set is too much or too little.

What it returns

id, name, mimeType, size, parents, driveId, createdTime/modifiedTime, trashed, starred, description, md5Checksum, webViewLink, webContentLink, exportLinks, owners, lastModifyingUser, shortcutDetails and capabilities.

What changes in Google Drive

Nothing — this is a pure read; file content is never fetched here.

Example request

Show me who owns this Google Drive file and whether I can edit it.

Errors and limitations

HTTP 404 usually means the id is wrong or the account has no access at all. Google-native files (Docs/Sheets/Slides) report no size or checksum — that is normal, not data loss.

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