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The Google Drive connector links your Drive files, folders, shared drives, comments and revisions to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot and other AI clients through one governed endpoint, so each person can search and read what they already have access to.

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Claude Elaichi connected

Which files in the Legal shared drive changed this week?

Working in Google Drive with Elaichi

  • List all Google Drive files
  • Get single Google Drive file by ID
  • List all Google Drive folders
Ask anything…
Governance / Audit log Last 24 hours
Google Drive List all Google Drive folders Emily Carter · Claude · 9:41 AM Done
Google Drive Get single Google Drive file by ID Emily Carter · Claude · 9:41 AM Done
Google Drive List all Google Drive files Emily Carter · Claude · 9:41 AM Done
Google Drive Google Drive files download Megan Brooks · ChatGPT · 9:38 AM Done
Google Drive Get single Google Drive folder by ID Ryan Hayes · Cursor · 9:35 AM Done

How to connect Google Drive to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Microsoft Copilot

Step by step, for each AI app

Google Drive MCP connector for Claude

  1. 1

    Open Customize, then Connectors.

  2. 2

    Press Add.

  3. 3

    Name it, paste the MCP server URL, then Continue.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  4. 4

    Sign in and approve.

On Team and Enterprise, an Owner adds it once. Everyone else turns it on for themselves.

Google Drive MCP connector for Claude Code

  1. 1

    In a terminal, run claude mcp add with the endpoint.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  2. 2

    Start Claude Code and run /mcp.

  3. 3

    Pick elaichi, then sign in and approve in the browser.

Terminal

$ claude mcp add --transport http elaichi --scope user https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp

Use --scope project instead to share it with the repository through .mcp.json.

Google Drive MCP connector for ChatGPT

  1. 1

    Open Plugins, then press the + button.

  2. 2

    Name it and paste the endpoint into Server URL.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  3. 3

    Leave Authentication on OAuth, then tick the risk acknowledgement.

  4. 4

    Press Create, then sign in and approve.

Works on the web. The plugin directory lives at chatgpt.com/plugins.

Google Drive MCP connector for Cursor

  1. 1

    Open ~/.cursor/mcp.json.

  2. 2

    Add the endpoint under mcpServers.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  3. 3

    Reload Cursor, then sign in and approve.

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elaichi": {
      "url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Set up per machine, so repeat it on each computer you work from.

Google Drive MCP connector for Microsoft Copilot

  1. 1

    In Copilot Studio, open your agent, then Tools, Add a tool, New tool and Model Context Protocol.

  2. 2

    Paste the endpoint into Server URL, choose OAuth 2.0, then Dynamic discovery, and press Create.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  3. 3

    Create a new connection, sign in and approve, then press Add to agent.

  4. 4

    Under Channels, open Teams and Microsoft Copilot and make the agent available in Microsoft Copilot.

Server URL
https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
Authentication
OAuth 2.0
Type
Dynamic discovery

Microsoft Copilot was called Microsoft 365 Copilot. Keep the tool on end-user credentials, so each person signs in as themselves.

Connect Google Drive to any MCP client

  1. 1

    Add the endpoint as a remote MCP server.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  2. 2

    Sign in and approve.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elaichi": {
      "url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

The Elaichi Agent already has these tools, with nothing to set up.

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What teams do with Google Drive through Elaichi

Ask in plain English. Each person’s AI can do only what they’re allowed to, and every action it takes in Google Drive is logged.

  • Sales

    Find the right proposal before a call

    Ask for the latest version of a customer proposal or pricing sheet and get the file, who last changed it, and a short summary of what is inside.

  • Support

    Pull the answer from the help documents

    Search shared drives for the internal runbook or product guide that covers a customer's question, then have the agent read the document and summarize the relevant section.

  • Legal

    Check who can see a contract

    List the permissions on a signed agreement or a sensitive folder and see exactly which people and groups have viewer, commenter or editor access.

  • Operations

    Catch up on comments across a folder

    Gather the open comments and replies on a project plan or process document so the owner sees what teammates flagged without opening every file.

  • HR

    Trace how a policy document changed

    Review the revision history of an employee handbook or policy, see who edited it and when, and compare what the earlier version said.

  • Marketing

    Watch a shared drive for new assets

    Set a watch on the campaign folder so the team is notified when new briefs, forms or documents land, then have the agent read and summarize them.

Try asking

  • “Which files in the Legal shared drive changed this week?”
  • “List folders in Marketing with external sharing permissions.”
  • “Export the latest revision of the Q3 planning doc.”

See all 29 Google Drive tools →

What connecting Google Drive gets you

6 screens from Elaichi, each doing one job for your Google Drive account.

Elaichi Agent

Ask Elaichi to work across your apps.

Which files in the Legal shared drive changed this week?

List folders in Marketing with external sharing permissions.

Export the latest revision of the Q3 planning doc.

Also runs in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Microsoft Copilot

The agent

Ask about Google Drive files in plain language.

Starter prompts answer from live files, folders and permissions, no query syntax.

ElaichiAI apps
Claude ChatGPT Cursor Microsoft Copilot

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https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
Client Connected by Status Last used
Claude
E

Emily Carter

 • Connected 4 minutes ago
Cursor
M

Megan Brooks

 • Connected 2 hours ago
ChatGPT
R

Ryan Hayes

 • Connected Yesterday

AI apps

Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and Microsoft Copilot reach Google Drive.

One org MCP endpoint over OAuth, no SDK and no shared API key.

ElaichiTools
Tool Action Description
List all Google Drive files List Retrieves the user's files stored in Google Drive. This method allows filtering results using the q parameter, which accepts search queries to find specific files based on name, type, ownership, and other metadata. The response includes key file attributes such as id, name, mimeType, createdTime, modifiedTime, owners, driveId, shared, and permissions.
Get single Google Drive file by ID Get Retrieves metadata or content from a single file on the user's Google Drive. It always requires the ID to fetch.
Google Drive files download Download Download the raw content of a file stored in Google Drive (PDF, image, zip, Office file or any other uploaded file). Elaichi saves it and returns a download link. Required: id (the Drive file ID). Does not work on Google Docs, Sheets or Slides; use get_googledrive_file_export_by_id to export those to a format such as PDF or .docx.
List all Google Drive folders List List all Google Drive folders. Returns folder objects including id, name, and mimeType, filtered automatically to items of type folder.
Get single Google Drive folder by ID Get Get a single Google Drive folder by id. Returns the full folder metadata including id, name, mimeType, and parents. Required: id.

Tool catalog

29 Google Drive tools ready without custom code.

Files, folders, shared drives, permissions, labels, revisions and export, all callable today.

ElaichiToolboxes
Name Source template Tools Created

Legal toolbox

Google Drive · contracts and signed files

 Google Drive starter 18 Mar 4, 2026

Sales toolbox

Google Drive · proposals and client decks

 — 9 Mar 2, 2026

Marketing toolbox

Google Drive · brand assets and campaign folders

 — 24 Feb 27, 2026

Finance toolbox

Google Drive · invoices and monthly reports

 Google Drive starter 6 Feb 19, 2026

Engineering toolbox

Google Drive · design docs and specs

 — 31 Jan 30, 2026

People Ops toolbox

Google Drive · policies and onboarding folders

 — 12 Jan 22, 2026

Toolboxes

Each team gets its own Google Drive toolbox.

Toolboxes are scoped per team, so Legal and Sales see different Drive tools.

ElaichiConnections
Connection Scope Status Access
GO

Google Drive (Legal)

Connected by Emily Carter

 Personal • Active 1 team · 6 members
GO

Google Drive (Sales EMEA)

Connected by Jake Morgan

 Organization • Active 3 teams · 24 members
GO

Google Drive (Marketing)

Connected by Megan Brooks

 Organization • Active 2 teams · 11 members
GO

Google Drive (Finance)

Connected by Tyler Reed

 Personal • Needs re-auth 1 team · 3 members
GO

Google Drive (Engineering)

Connected by Ryan Hayes

 Personal • Active Not shared
GO

Google Drive (People Ops)

Connected by Ashley Parker

 Personal • Active 2 teams · 9 members

Shared connections

Teammates use Drive accounts, never the credential.

The connections table shows who connected each account and which teams share it.

ElaichiAudit log
When Who What happened Type

2 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 3:10 PM
E

Emily Carter

[email protected]

 Restriction Created Access

8 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 3:04 PM
J

Jake Morgan

[email protected]

 Restriction Updated Access

14 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:58 PM
M

Megan Brooks

[email protected]

 Role Assigned Access

20 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:52 PM
T

Tyler Reed

[email protected]

 Google Drive Users Updated MCP

26 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:46 PM
R

Ryan Hayes

[email protected]

 Google Drive Files Created MCP

32 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:40 PM
A

Ashley Parker

[email protected]

 Google Drive Files List Toolbox

Audit log

Every Google Drive call is on the record.

When, who, what happened, type and resource, appended for each file and folder read.

From answering questions to doing the work

A trigger starts the work, inside the same permissions and the same audit log as everything else. Automations, collections and live dashboards come with the Black plan.

Google Drive digest

Run 418 · started 2 minutes ago · on behalf of Emily Carter

  1. ✓

    Schedule

    Every weekday at 8:00 AM

    0.2s
  2. ✓

    Fetch files

    Google Drive

    1.4s
  3. ✓

    Group by owner

    Transform

    0.1s
  4. ✓

    Draft the digest

    Agent step

    Ran with 4 tools, returned a structured summary

    6.2s

  5. Approve the digest

    Needs approval

    Assigned to Jake Morgan

    Approve

  6. Post the digest

    Google Drive

    Queued

Automations

A schedule turns Drive folders into a digest.

Six steps fetch files, group them, draft a digest, get approval, post back.

Google Drive health

Refreshed 4 minutes ago · every 15 minutes · from the files collection

Live

Files

1,284 ↓ 12%

Folders

96 ↓ 8%

Needs attention

3 ↑ 2

Updated this week

412 ↑ 9%

Files created

Last 14 days

By team

Share of activity

Legal 34%

Sales EMEA 27%

Marketing 21%

Finance 18%

Collections and dashboards

Drive activity counted, not asked for.

Four metrics, 14 days of files created and a team breakdown, refreshed on schedule.

For IT and engineering

Elaichi vs Zapier MCP vs Composio for Google Drive

All three can connect Google Drive to an AI assistant, and all three have admin controls. They differ in where access lives and how you pay.

Elaichi compared with Zapier MCP and Composio for Google Drive, by what to check
What to check Elaichi Zapier MCP Composio
Where the AI connects One address for the whole organization. https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp A server per member, created at sign-in. An MCP endpoint per team, or an SDK.
Control over Google Drive tools Allow or restrict single Google Drive tools, per role or user. App and action restrictions on the account. Role permissions, down to the action.
Record of calls One audit entry per Google Drive call. A History tab of tool calls. A log of every tool call.
Single sign-on SAML or OIDC, plus SCIM, on Gold. SAML on Enterprise. SAML and OIDC on Enterprise.
Price Free for one person; $15 per user per month on Gold. 2 tasks per successful call. Billed per tool call.

Sources: Zapier MCP docs, security, usage; Composio docs, gateway, enterprise, pricing. Checked September 2026.

Longer take: Zapier MCP alternative and when you don't need an MCP gateway.

Google Drive tools for your AI agents

29 tools are ready to call through Elaichi's MCP endpoint the moment you connect Google Drive, governed by the same roles, restrictions, and audit log as everything else in Elaichi.

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Questions, answered

How do I connect Google Drive to Claude?

Connect Google Drive in Elaichi first, which opens the normal Google sign-in screen where you choose your account and approve access, with no OAuth application to register and no client ID or secret to generate. Then in Claude go to Customize, then Connectors, then Add, and paste the Elaichi endpoint https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp. Claude signs you in through Elaichi and your Google Drive files, folders and shared drives are available in the conversation.

Does Google Drive work with ChatGPT and Cursor as well as Claude?

Yes. Once Google Drive is connected in Elaichi, the same endpoint, https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp, works in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot, any other MCP client and the Elaichi Agent. You connect Google Drive once and every client you sign into picks it up.

What can an AI agent actually do with my Google Drive data?

With Google Drive connected, an agent can search your files and folders, browse shared drives, open a document and read or summarize its contents, and export a Google Doc in a readable format. It can also list who a file is shared with, show its revision history, read the comments and replies on it, list applied labels and forms, and set a watch so you hear about changes to a folder. This connector reads and monitors Google Drive; it does not create, edit or delete files.

Does connecting Google Drive give the AI access to every file in my company's Drive?

No. Each person signs into Google Drive as themselves, so the agent only sees the files, folders and shared drives that person could already open in Google Drive. Elaichi can narrow that further, for example by limiting which actions a role can use, but it can never widen access beyond what Google Drive itself grants that person.

Can my team share one Google Drive connection?

Yes. One person connects Google Drive in Elaichi and shares the connection with a team, so nobody else has to handle a credential or repeat the sign-in. Each teammate still signs into Elaichi as themselves, so every search, file read and comment lookup in the audit log is tied to the person who made it.

Can I stop an agent from deleting or changing things in Google Drive?

The Google Drive connector does not include deleting, editing or moving files at all, so an agent cannot do those things through Elaichi. For the actions it does include, such as setting a watch or listing permissions, restrictions apply per action, and any action you restrict still appears in Elaichi's tool search, flagged as restricted, but Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Microsoft Copilot cannot run it, whatever the prompt says.

What happens to a Google Drive connection when someone leaves?

When a person is offboarded in Elaichi, their access to Google Drive through every AI client ends at once. If they had shared a Google Drive connection with a team, it keeps working for everyone else. Disconnecting Google Drive once in Elaichi removes it from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot and every other client at the same time.

Does the Google Drive MCP connector work with Gemini, Codex, Claude Code or other MCP clients?

Yes. Google Drive is reached over the same MCP endpoint every client uses, so anything that speaks MCP can call it — Gemini, Codex, Claude Code, Windsurf, Cline, Zed and OpenCode among them — alongside Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Microsoft Copilot, and the Elaichi Agent. The tools on offer and the access behind them are identical whichever client asks. Only the setup screen differs.

Is Elaichi an alternative to Zapier MCP for Google Drive?

Yes. Both let Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor use Google Drive. Zapier MCP fits a team that already automates in Zapier, since each person signs in and acts as themselves in that account. Elaichi fits when IT wants one address for the whole company, per-tool rules by role, and a record of every Google Drive call.

How is Elaichi different from Composio for Google Drive?

Composio gives AI agents tools and sign-in handling across 1,000+ apps, for developers building agents or people using an assistant, billed per tool call. Elaichi gives a company's own people governed access to Google Drive: one address, restrictions per role or user, and $15 per user per month. Both have role permissions and a log of every call.

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When the trial ends, nothing is deleted. You move to the free Personal plan, and connections, roles and the audit log stay where they are.

Add one link to your AI app

The same link for everyone on your team.

https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  • ChatGPT
  • Claude
  • Cursor
  • Microsoft Copilot