How to integrate Google Drive MCP with OpenClaw

Connect OpenClaw to Google Drive MCP. Create a new folder named 'invoices', share last uploaded file with your team, and more using natural language, with authentication handled for you.

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Google Drive is a cloud storage platform for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files. It's perfect for keeping your documents accessible and organized across devices.

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Introduction

OpenClaw is the fastest growing agent harness out there, which can work 24/7 to automate almost any kind of tasks. However, its capabilities are limited to the tools it has access to. Composio allows your OpenClaw to access Google Drive with authentication management handled for you. You can execute actions on Google Drive via your favorite OpenClaw interface (Telegram, WhatsApp, TUI, etc), whichever you prefer.

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Why use Composio?

Apart from a managed and hosted MCP server, you will get:

  • Programmatic tool calling allows LLMs to write its code in a remote workbench to handle complex tool chaining. Reduces to-and-fro with LLMs for frequent tool calling.
  • Handling Large tool responses out of LLM context to minimize context rot.
  • Dynamic just-in-time access to 20,000 tools across 1500+ other Apps for cross-app workflows. It loads the tools you need, so LLMs aren't overwhelmed by tools you don't need.

How to install Google Drive with OpenClaw

Using Composio API Key and Setup Prompt

Copy the setup prompt from the OpenClaw dashboard
  • Run it in your OpenClaw chat interface.
  • Authenticate Google Drive from the dashboard
  • Go back to your OpenClaw interface and start asking questions.

Using OpenClaw/Composio Plugin

1. Install OpenClaw Composio plugin

bash
openclaw plugins install @composio/openclaw-plugin

2. Copy the API Key from dashboard.composio.dev

3. Setup OpenClaw Config

bash
openclaw config set plugins.entries.composio.config.consumerKey "ck_your_key_here"

4. Restart OpenClaw

bash
openclaw gateway restart

5. Go to your chat interface and start asking questions.

6. When prompted, authenticate the app and you're all set.

How It Works

The plugin connects to Composio's MCP server at https://connect.composio.dev/mcp and registers all available tools directly into the OpenClaw agent. Tools are called by name — no extra search or execute steps needed.

If a tool returns an auth error, the agent will prompt you to connect that toolkit at dashboard.composio.dev.

Configuration

bash
{
  "plugins": {
    "entries": {
      "composio": {
        "enabled": true,
        "config": {
          "consumerKey": "ck_your_key_here"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
OptionDescriptionDefault
enabledEnable or disable the plugintrue
consumerKeyYour Composio consumer key (ck_...)—
mcpUrlMCP server URL (advanced)https://connect.composio.dev/mcp

What is the Google Drive MCP server, and what's possible with it?

The Google Drive MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Google Drive account. It provides structured and secure access to your files, folders, comments, permissions, and shared drives, so your agent can search, create, download, share, and organize content on your behalf.

  • File and folder management: Have your agent find files, create files and folders, inspect file details, add shortcuts, and download stored content.
  • Workspace file exports and spreadsheet reads: Let the agent export Google Workspace files to supported formats or read multiple ranges from a Google Spreadsheet.
  • Sharing and permission control: Direct your agent to view, add, or remove access permissions for files and shared drives.
  • Comments and collaboration: Instruct your agent to list and create file comments, reply to existing comments, or remove comments and replies.
  • Shared drives and file history: Have your agent list, create, inspect, hide, or delete shared drives, and review or download file revisions.

Conclusion

You've successfully integrated Google Drive with OpenClaw using Composio plugin. Now interact with Google Drive directly from your terminal, Web UI, or any messenger app using natural language commands.

Key benefits of this setup:

  • Seamless integration across TUI, Web UIs, and Messenger apps like Telegram, WhatsApp, Slack, etc.
  • Natural language commands for Google Drive operations
  • Managed authentication through Composio
  • Access to 20,000+ tools across 1500+ apps for cross-app workflows
  • Programmatic tool calling for complex tool chaining

Next steps:

  • Try asking OpenClaw to perform various Google Drive operations
  • Explore cross-app workflows by connecting more toolkits like Calendar, Slack, Notion, etc.
  • Build complex automation scripts that leverage OpenClaw's 24/7 running capabilities
TOOLS & TRIGGERS

Supported Tools and Triggers

Every Google Drive action and event your agent gets out of the box.

Insert File Parent (v2)

Tool to add a parent folder for a file using Google Drive API v2.

Insert Property (v2 API)

Tool to add a property to a file, or update it if it already exists (v2 API).

Batch Get Spreadsheet Values

Read multiple explicit ranges from one Google Spreadsheet in one request.

Batch Update Spreadsheet Values

Write values to multiple Google Sheets ranges in one batch request.

Clear Spreadsheet Values

Permanently clear values from one range while preserving formatting, notes, and validation.

Copy file with advanced options

Creates a copy of a file and applies any requested updates with patch semantics.

Create Comment

Tool to create a comment on a file in Google Drive.

Create Shared Drive

Tool to create a new shared drive.

Create File or Folder

Creates a new file or folder in Google Drive.

Create a File from Text

Creates a new file in Google Drive from provided text content (up to 10MB), supporting various formats including automatic conversion to Google Workspace types.

Create a folder

Creates a new folder in Google Drive, optionally within an EXISTING parent folder specified by its ID or name.

Create Permission

Tool to create a permission for a file or shared drive.

Create Permissions Batch

Creates multiple permissions for files or shared drives in a single batch request.

Create Reply

Tool to create a reply to a comment in Google Drive.

Create Shortcut to File/Folder

Tool to create a shortcut to a file or folder in Google Drive.

Delete Child (v2)

Tool to remove a child from a folder using Google Drive API v2.

Delete Comment

Permanently deletes a comment thread (and all its replies) from a Google Drive file — this action is irreversible.

Delete Shared Drive

Tool to permanently delete a shared drive.

Delete Parent (v2)

Tool to remove a parent from a file using Google Drive API v2.

Delete Permission

Deletes a permission from a file by permission ID.

Delete Property (v2 API)

Tool to delete a property from a file using Google Drive API v2.

Delete Reply

Tool to delete a specific reply by reply ID.

Delete Revision

Tool to permanently delete a file revision.

Download a file from Google Drive

Downloads a Drive file's content and returns it in `downloaded_file_content`.

Download file via operation

Tool to download file content using long-running operations.

Download File Revision

Download the stored bytes of one blob-file revision.

Edit File

Updates an existing Google Drive file with binary content by overwriting its entire content with new text (max 10MB).

Empty Trash

Tool to permanently and irreversibly delete ALL trashed files in the user's Google Drive or a specified shared drive.

Export Google Workspace file

Exports a Google Workspace document to the requested MIME type and returns exported file content.

Find file

The comprehensive Google Drive search tool that handles all file and folder discovery needs.

Find folder

Finds one page of Google Drive folders by name and optional parent.

Generate File IDs

Generates a set of file IDs which can be provided in create or copy requests.

Get about

Tool to retrieve information about the user, the user's Drive, and system capabilities.

Get App

Tool to get information about a specific Drive app by ID.

Get Changes Start Page Token

Tool to get the starting pageToken for listing future changes in Google Drive.

Get Child Reference (v2)

Tool to get a specific child reference for a folder using Drive API v2.

Get Comment

Tool to get a comment by ID.

Get Document

Retrieve a native Google Docs document's structured content and metadata by ID.

Get Shared Drive

Tool to get a shared drive by ID.

Get File Metadata

Gets a Drive file's metadata by ID, optionally returning only the metadata selected by `fields`.

Get Property (v2)

Tool to get a property by its key using Google Drive API v2.

Get Google Form

Retrieve a Google Form's definition, questions, settings, and publishing state by ID.

Get Parent Reference (v2)

Tool to get a specific parent reference for a file using Drive API v2.

Get Permission

Gets a permission by ID.

Get Permission ID for Email

Tool to get the permission ID for an email address using the Drive API v2.

Get Google Slides Presentation

Retrieve a Google Slides presentation and its complete page structures by ID.

Get Presentation Page Thumbnail

Generate one short-lived page thumbnail URL using an expensive Slides quota read.

Get Reply

Tool to get a specific reply to a comment on a file.

Get Revision

Tool to get a specific revision's metadata (name, modifiedTime, keepForever, etc.

Get Spreadsheet

Retrieve a Google Spreadsheet's structure, metadata, and selected grid data.

Get Spreadsheet Values

Read values from one range in a Google Spreadsheet.

Delete folder or file

Tool to delete a file or folder in Google Drive.

Hide Shared Drive

Tool to hide a shared drive from the default view.

Insert Child Into Folder (v2)

Tool to insert a file into a folder using Drive API v2.

List Access Proposals

Tool to list pending access proposals on a file.

List Approvals

Tool to list approvals on a file for workflow-based access control.

List Changes

Tool to list the changes for a user or shared drive.

List Folder Children (v2)

Tool to list a folder's children using Google Drive API v2.

List Comments

Tool to list all comments for a file in Google Drive.

List File Labels

Tool to list the labels already applied to a file in Google Drive.

List Properties (v2 API)

Tool to list a file's properties in Google Drive API v2.

List Google Form Responses

Return one page of submissions for a Google Form.

List Label Definitions

Lists available Google Drive labels, returning each label's ID and display name without requiring a file ID.

List Permissions

Tool to list a file's permissions.

List Replies to Comment

Tool to list replies to a comment in Google Drive.

List File Revisions

Tool to list a file's revision metadata (not content) in Google Drive.

List Shared Drives

Tool to list the user's shared drives.

Modify File Labels

Modifies the set of labels applied to a file.

Move File

Tool to move a file from one folder to another in Google Drive.

Patch Permission

Tool to update a permission using patch semantics.

Patch Property (v2 API)

Tool to update a property on a file using PATCH semantics (v2 API).

Read Spreadsheet Values

Read values from one or more ranges in a Google spreadsheet.

Resumable Upload

Tool to start and complete a Google Drive resumable upload session.

Stop Watch Channel

Tool to stop watching resources through a specified channel.

Trash File

Tool to move a file or folder to trash (soft delete).

Unhide Shared Drive

Tool to unhide a shared drive.

Untrash File

Tool to restore a file from the trash.

Update Comment

Tool to update an existing comment on a Google Drive file.

Update Shared Drive

Tool to update the metadata for a shared drive.

Update File Metadata (PATCH v2)

Tool to update file metadata using the Drive API v2 PATCH method.

Update Property (v2 API)

Tool to update a property on a file using Google Drive API v2.

Update File (Metadata)

Updates file metadata.

Update File Revision Metadata

Updates ONLY the metadata properties of a specific file revision (keepForever, published, publishAuto, publishedOutsideDomain).

Update Permission

Tool to update a permission with patch semantics.

Update Reply

Tool to update a reply to a comment on a Google Drive file.

Update Spreadsheet Values

Write values to one exact Google Sheets range.

Upload File

Uploads a file (max 5MB) to Google Drive, placing it in the specified folder or root if no valid folder ID is provided.

Upload File from URL to Drive

Tool to fetch a file from a provided URL server-side and upload it into Google Drive.

Upload/Update File Content

Tool to update file content in Google Drive by uploading new binary content.

Watch Drive Changes

Tool to subscribe to changes for a user or shared drive in Google Drive.

Watch File for Changes

Tool to subscribe to push notifications for changes to a specific file.

Write Spreadsheet Values

Replace values in one range of a Google spreadsheet.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

With a standalone Google Drive MCP server, the agents and LLMs can only access a fixed set of Google Drive tools tied to that server. However, with the Composio Tool Router, agents can dynamically load tools from Google Drive and many other apps based on the task at hand, all through a single MCP endpoint.

Yes, you can. OpenClaw fully supports MCP integration. You get structured tool calling, message history handling, and model orchestration while Tool Router takes care of discovering and serving the right Google Drive tools.

Yes, absolutely. You can configure which Google Drive scopes and actions are allowed when connecting your account to Composio. You can also bring your own OAuth credentials or API configuration so you keep full control over what the agent can do.

All sensitive data such as tokens, keys, and configuration is fully encrypted at rest and in transit. Composio is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant and follows strict security practices so your Google Drive data and credentials are handled as safely as possible.

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