Google Workspace Access (No Cloud Console!)

Why this skill? Traditional Google API access requires creating a project in Google Cloud Console, enabling APIs, creating OAuth credentials, and downloading client_secret.json. This skill skips ALL of that.

Uses

@presto-ai/google-workspace-mcp

— just sign in with your Google account and go.

Key Advantage

Traditional Approach	This Skill
Create Google Cloud Project	❌ Not needed
Enable individual APIs	❌ Not needed
Create OAuth credentials	❌ Not needed
Download client_secret.json	❌ Not needed
Configure redirect URIs	❌ Not needed
Just sign in with Google	✅ That's it

Setup (Already Done)

npm install -g @presto-ai/google-workspace-mcp
mcporter config add google-workspace --command "npx" --arg "-y" --arg "@presto-ai/google-workspace-mcp" --scope home

On first use, it opens a browser for Google OAuth. Credentials stored in

~/.config/google-workspace-mcp/

Quick Commands

Gmail

# Search emails
mcporter call --server google-workspace --tool "gmail.search" query="is:unread" maxResults=10

# Get email content
mcporter call --server google-workspace --tool "gmail.get" messageId="<id>"

# Send email
mcporter call --server google-workspace --tool "gmail.send" to="email@example.com" subject="Hi" body="Hello"

# Create draft
mcporter call --server google-workspace --tool "gmail.createDraft" to="email@example.com" subject="Hi" body="Hello"

Calendar

# List calendars
mcporter call --server google-workspace --tool "calendar.list"

# List events
mcporter call --server google-workspace --tool "calendar.listEvents" calendarId="your@email.com" timeMin="2026-01-27T00:00:00Z" timeMax="2026-01-27T23:59:59Z"

# Create event
mcporter call --server google-workspace --tool "calendar.createEvent" calendarId="your@email.com" summary="Meeting" start='{"dateTime":"2026-01-28T10:00:00Z"}' end='{"dateTime":"2026-01-28T11:00:00Z"}'

# Find free time
mcporter call --server google-workspace --tool "calendar.findFreeTime" attendees='["a@example.com","b@example.com"]' timeMin="2026-01-28T09:00:00Z" timeMax="2026-01-28T18:00:00Z" duration=30

Drive

# Search files
mcporter call --server google-workspace --tool "drive.search" query="Budget Q3"

# Download file
mcporter call --server google-workspace --tool "drive.downloadFile" fileId="<id>" localPath="/tmp/file.pdf"

Docs

# Find docs
mcporter call --server google-workspace --tool "docs.find" query="meeting notes"

# Read doc
mcporter call --server google-workspace --tool "docs.getText" documentId="<id>"

# Create doc
mcporter call --server google-workspace --tool "docs.create" title="New Doc" markdown="# Hello"

Sheets

# Read spreadsheet
mcporter call --server google-workspace --tool "sheets.getText" spreadsheetId="<id>"

# Get range
mcporter call --server google-workspace --tool "sheets.getRange" spreadsheetId="<id>" range="Sheet1!A1:B10"

Available Tools (49 total)

Auth: auth.clear, auth.refreshToken Docs: docs.create, docs.find, docs.getText, docs.insertText, docs.appendText, docs.replaceText, docs.move, docs.extractIdFromUrl Drive: drive.search, drive.downloadFile, drive.findFolder Sheets: sheets.getText, sheets.getRange, sheets.find, sheets.getMetadata Slides: slides.getText, slides.find, slides.getMetadata Calendar: calendar.list, calendar.listEvents, calendar.getEvent, calendar.createEvent, calendar.updateEvent, calendar.deleteEvent, calendar.findFreeTime, calendar.respondToEvent Gmail: gmail.search, gmail.get, gmail.send, gmail.createDraft, gmail.sendDraft, gmail.modify, gmail.listLabels, gmail.downloadAttachment Chat: chat.listSpaces, chat.findSpaceByName, chat.sendMessage, chat.getMessages, chat.sendDm, chat.findDmByEmail, chat.listThreads, chat.setUpSpace People: people.getUserProfile, people.getMe Time: time.getCurrentDate, time.getCurrentTime, time.getTimeZone

Troubleshooting

Re-authenticate

mcporter call --server google-workspace --tool "auth.clear"

Then run any command to trigger re-auth.

Token refresh

mcporter call --server google-workspace --tool "auth.refreshToken"

Delete credentials

rm -rf ~/.config/google-workspace-mcp