Google Sheets MCP connector
The Google Sheets connector lets Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, or the Elaichi Agent find, read, update, create, and share your spreadsheets as you, with every change recorded in an append-only audit log.
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How it connects. Connects over OAuth. The credential goes into a vault nobody reads back.
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One address. https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp, the same for every user.
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Their own access. An agent never gets more than the person it acts for.
34 tools
How to connect
How to connect Google Sheets to Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor
Two steps, about a minute.
In Elaichi
Connect Google Sheets once
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Open Connections, choose Add connection, and pick Google Sheets.
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Optionally set Share with to give a team access, then press Connect.
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Supply your own Google Sheets app, then approve. Google Sheets needs an OAuth app you register yourself, so bring its client ID and secret. One person does this once for the organization.
The credential is vaulted. Nobody reads it back, not even the AI.
Add connection
Choose a connector.
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.
Google Sheets MCP connector for Claude
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Open Customize, then Connectors.
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Press Add.
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Name it, paste the MCP server URL, then Continue.
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Sign in and approve.
On Team and Enterprise, an Owner adds it once. Everyone else turns it on for themselves.
Google Sheets MCP connector for ChatGPT
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Open Plugins, then press the + button.
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Name it and paste the endpoint into Server URL.
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Leave Authentication on OAuth, then tick the risk acknowledgement.
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Press Create, then sign in and approve.
Works on the web today. The plugin directory lives at chatgpt.com/plugins.
Google Sheets MCP connector for Cursor
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Open
~/.cursor/mcp.json. -
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Add the endpoint under
mcpServers.https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp -
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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 Sheets to any MCP client
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Add the endpoint as a remote MCP server.
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Sign in and approve.
{
"mcpServers": {
"elaichi": {
"url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
}
}
}
The Elaichi Agent already has these tools, with nothing to set up.
Use cases
What teams do with Google Sheets through Elaichi
Every one of these runs inside the access the person already has, and lands in the same audit log.
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Sales
Update the pipeline sheet after a call
Tell the agent what changed and it writes the new stage, amount, and next step into the right row of the pipeline spreadsheet.
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Finance
Pull this month's numbers from the budget tracker
Ask for spend against budget and the agent reads the cells, totals the columns, and answers without anyone opening the file.
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Operations
Start a fresh tracker from last quarter's
Copy an existing spreadsheet, give it a new name, and share it with the right people, all from one request.
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Support
Log escalations to the shared sheet
Append a new row with the customer, the issue, and who owns it the moment a ticket escalates.
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HR
Find the onboarding sheet and check status
Search Drive for the right file, read the new hire's row, and report which steps are still open.
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Marketing
Check who can see the campaign calendar
List the people with access to a spreadsheet and add a colleague as a viewer or editor without hunting through sharing settings.
Try asking
- “Add a row to the Q3 pipeline sheet for Acme Corp”
- “What's the total spend in the marketing budget tracker this month?”
- “Give Priya editor access to the hiring tracker spreadsheet”
Compare
Elaichi vs Zapier MCP vs Composio for Google Sheets
All three can connect Google Sheets to an AI assistant, and all three have admin controls. They differ in where access lives and how you pay.
| What to check | Elaichi | Zapier MCP | Composio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Where the AI connects |
One address for the whole organization.
https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
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A server per member, created at sign-in. | An MCP endpoint per team, or an SDK. |
| Control over Google Sheets tools | Allow or restrict single Google Sheets 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 Sheets 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 | $15 per user per month. | 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.
AI tools
Google Sheets tools for your AI agents
34 tools are ready to call through Elaichi's MCP endpoint the moment you connect Google Sheets, governed by the same roles, restrictions, and audit log as everything else in Elaichi.
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What connecting Google Sheets gets you
6 screens from the product, each doing one job for your Google Sheets account.
The agent
Ask about any spreadsheet in plain language.
Get answers from live rows and cells in Google Sheets, no formulas required.
- spreadsheets
- files
- folders
- permissions
Ask Elaichi to work across your apps.
Add a row to the Q3 pipeline sheet for Acme Corp
What's the total spend in the marketing budget tracker this month?
Give Priya editor access to the hiring tracker spreadsheet
Also runs in Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor
MCP clients
One endpoint for Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor.
Use Google Sheets from any MCP client through one endpoint, no SDK or shared key.
ElaichiMCP clientsClaude
ChatGPT
Cursor
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Tool catalog
34 Google Sheets tools, zero custom code.
Spreadsheets, files, folders, permissions and shared drives, covered without writing a line of code.
- List all Google Sheets files
- Get single Google Sheets file by ID
- Google Sheets files copy
- List all Google Sheets folders
ElaichiToolsToolboxes
Every team gets its own Google Sheets toolbox.
Sales, Finance and Operations each work from a toolbox scoped to their own spreadsheets.
- Sales
- Finance
- Operations
- Support
ElaichiToolboxesShared connections
Share a Google Sheets connection, never a credential.
Teammates read and update spreadsheets through one connection without ever seeing the client secret.
- Sales EMEA
- Finance
- Operations
- Support
ElaichiConnectionsAudit log
Know who changed which spreadsheet, and when.
Every read, row added and permission granted in Google Sheets lands in one audit log.
- When
- Who
- What happened
- Type
ElaichiAudit logLaunching 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 starts the work, not a prompt.
New Google Sheets rows are fetched, grouped, drafted into a digest, approved, then posted back.
Google Sheets digest
Run 418 · started 2 minutes ago · on behalf of Emily Carter
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Schedule
Every weekday at 8:00 AM
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Fetch spreadsheets
Google Sheets
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Group by owner
Transform
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Draft the digest
Agent step
Ran with 4 tools, returned a structured summary
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Approve the digest
Needs approval
Assigned to Michael Brennan
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Post the digest
Google Sheets
Queued
Collections and dashboards
Google Sheets health, computed on a schedule.
Four metrics, 14 days of spreadsheets created and a team breakdown, with no model involved.
Google Sheets health
Refreshed 4 minutes ago · every 15 minutes · from the spreadsheets collection
Spreadsheets
1,284 ↓ 12%
Files
96 ↓ 8%
Needs attention
3 ↑ 2
Updated this week
412 ↑ 9%
Spreadsheets created
Last 14 days
By team
Share of activity
Sales EMEA 34%
Finance 27%
Operations 21%
Support 18%
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
How do I connect Google Sheets to Claude?
Connect Google Sheets in Elaichi first. Google Sheets needs an OAuth application that you register on the Google side yourself, so one person brings a client ID and secret once, and after that everyone signs in through the normal Google consent screen. Then open Claude, go to Customize, then Connectors, then Add, and paste https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp. The whole setup takes about twenty minutes.
Does Google Sheets work with ChatGPT and Cursor as well as Claude?
Yes. Once Google Sheets 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 Sheets once and sign in to each client as yourself.
What can an AI agent actually do with my Google Sheets data?
It can find a spreadsheet by name, read the rows and cells, add a new row, update a value, create a new spreadsheet, copy an existing one, export a file, and see or grant who has access. It can also browse folders and shared drives in Google Drive to locate the right file. Short concrete asks work best, like asking it to add a row to the pipeline sheet for Acme rather than describing the task in a long paragraph.
Does connecting Google Sheets give the AI access to every spreadsheet in my Drive?
No. The AI works as the person who signed in to Google Sheets, so it only sees the spreadsheets, folders, and shared drives that person can already open, and the same viewer or editor rules apply. Elaichi can narrow that further with restrictions, but it can never widen access beyond what Google Sheets already grants you.
Can I stop an agent from changing things in Google Sheets?
Yes. Restrictions in Elaichi work per action, so you can allow reading a spreadsheet while blocking updates, new rows, copies, or sharing changes in Google Sheets. A restricted action is left out of the tool list the AI client sees, so it cannot be called no matter what the prompt says.
What happens to a Google Sheets connection when someone leaves?
Offboarding that person in Elaichi ends their access to Google Sheets through every AI client at once. If they had shared a Google Sheets connection with a team, it keeps working for everyone else. Disconnecting Google Sheets once in Elaichi removes it from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and every other client at the same time.
Does the Google Sheets MCP connector work with Gemini, Codex, Claude Code or other MCP clients?
Yes. Google Sheets 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, 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 Sheets?
Yes. Both let Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor use Google Sheets. 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 Sheets call.
How is Elaichi different from Composio for Google Sheets?
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 Sheets: one address, restrictions per role or user, and $15 per user per month. Both have role permissions and a log of every call.
Put Google Sheets in front of your team
14 days on Gold, no credit card. Connect it once and pick what each team can call.
- Works with
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and any other MCP client, or the Elaichi Agent.
- When the trial ends
- Nothing is deleted. Connections, roles and the audit log stay where they are, so subscribing picks up exactly where you left off.