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Google Drive MCP connector

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

Connect on Elaichi How to connect

  • How it connects. Connects over OAuth. The credential goes into a vault nobody reads back.

  • One address. https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp, the same for every user.

  • Their own access. An agent never gets more than the person it acts for.

How to connect

How to connect Google Drive to Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor

Two steps, about a minute.

1

In Elaichi

Connect Google Drive once

  1. Open Connections, choose Add connection, and pick Google Drive.

  2. Optionally set Share with to give a team access, then press Connect.

  3. Approve it in Google Drive. Google Drive's own window opens. Whoever approves it decides what this connection can reach.

The credential is vaulted. Nobody reads it back, not even the AI.

Add connection

Choose a connector.

google drive
Google Drive
DocuSign
Egnyte
OneDrive
PandaDoc
Seafile
2

In your AI client

Point it at one endpoint

Everyone in the organization uses the same address, and each person only ever reaches what their own account allows.

Connect Google Drive to 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.

Connect Google Drive to 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 today. The plugin directory lives at chatgpt.com/plugins.

Connect Google Drive to 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.

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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Use cases

What teams do with Google Drive through Elaichi

Every one of these runs inside the access the person already has, and lands in the same audit log.

  • 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 24 Google Drive tools below

AI tools

Google Drive tools for your AI agents

24 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.

See it in Elaichi

What connecting Google Drive gets you

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

The agent

Ask about Google Drive files in plain language.

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

  • files
  • folders
  • permissions
  • revisions

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 or Cursor

MCP clients

Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor reach Google Drive.

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

ElaichiMCP clients
Claude ChatGPT Cursor

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

Emma Laurent

 • Connected 4 minutes ago
Cursor
S

Sofia Ricci

 • Connected 2 hours ago
ChatGPT
C

Clara Nowak

 • Connected Yesterday

Tool catalog

24 Google Drive tools ready without custom code.

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

  • List all Google Drive files
  • Get single Google Drive file by ID
  • List all Google Drive folders
  • Get single Google Drive folder by ID
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.
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.
List all Google Drive drive List List all shared drives available in Google Drive. Returns an array of drive objects including their metadata.

Toolboxes

Each team gets its own Google Drive toolbox.

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

  • Legal
  • Sales
  • Marketing
  • Finance
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

Shared connections

Teammates use Drive accounts, never the credential.

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

  • Legal
  • Sales EMEA
  • Marketing
  • Finance
ElaichiConnections
Connection Scope Status Access
GO

Google Drive (Legal)

Connected by Emma Laurent

 Personal • Active 1 team · 6 members
GO

Google Drive (Sales EMEA)

Connected by James Whitfield

 Organization • Active 3 teams · 24 members
GO

Google Drive (Marketing)

Connected by Sofia Ricci

 Organization • Active 2 teams · 11 members
GO

Google Drive (Finance)

Connected by Daniel Ortega

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

Google Drive (Engineering)

Connected by Clara Nowak

 Personal • Active Not shared
GO

Google Drive (People Ops)

Connected by Michael Brennan

 Personal • Active 2 teams · 9 members

Audit log

Every Google Drive call is on the record.

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

  • When
  • Who
  • What happened
  • Type
ElaichiAudit log
When Who What happened Type

2 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 3:10 PM
E

Emma Laurent

[email protected]

 Restriction Created Access

8 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 3:04 PM
J

James Whitfield

[email protected]

 Restriction Updated Access

14 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:58 PM
S

Sofia Ricci

[email protected]

 Role Assigned Access

20 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:52 PM
D

Daniel Ortega

[email protected]

 Google Drive Users Updated MCP

26 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:46 PM
C

Clara Nowak

[email protected]

 Google Drive Files Created MCP

32 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:40 PM
M

Michael Brennan

[email protected]

 Google Drive Files List Toolbox

Launching soon

From answering questions to doing the work

A person no longer has to ask. A trigger starts the work, inside the same permissions and the same audit log as everything else. Automations and live dashboards are launching soon, on the Black plan.

Automations

A schedule turns Drive folders into a digest.

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

Google Drive digest

Run 418 · started 2 minutes ago · on behalf of Emma Laurent

  1. ✓

    Schedule

    Every weekday at 08:00

    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 Michael Brennan

    Approve

  6. Post the digest

    Google Drive

    Queued

Collections and dashboards

Drive activity counted, not asked for.

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

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%

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

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, 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 team 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 block is never shown to Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor, so no prompt can reach it.

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 and every other client at the same time.

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