MCP · Google Workspace — Gmail, Drive, Calendar, Sheets

Use case: email triage and drafts, plus calendar and spreadsheets: morning brief, guided reply drafts, reading a shared Sheet.

Prerequisites

A Google Cloud project with a "Desktop app" OAuth client (client ID + secret) and the Gmail / Drive / Calendar / Sheets APIs enabled.

Configuration (.znote/mcp.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "google": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["workspace-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "GOOGLE_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID": "xxx.apps.googleusercontent.com",
        "GOOGLE_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET": "GOCSPX-..."
      }
    }
  }
}

workspace-mcp (taylorwilsdon) covers Gmail + Drive + Calendar + Sheets + Docs in a single Python server (launched via uvx). First run: browser OAuth. Single-product alternative: @shinzolabs/gmail-mcp.

Exposed tools (extract): search_gmail_messages, draft_gmail_message, list_calendar_events, create_event, read_sheet_values, search_drive…

Examples

Morning brief

My brief for today: my meetings, then the important unread emails from
the last 24h (skip the newsletters). End with the 3 priorities you
infer from them.

Guided reply draft

Find the latest email from sarah@acme.com about the partnership.
Draft a reply: we politely decline for this quarter, we suggest
revisiting in October. Save as draft, do not send.

Read a Sheet

Read the "Pipeline" tab of the "Sales 2026" spreadsheet and give me
the deals in "negotiation" worth over $10k, sorted by closing date.

Tips

• Always draft, never send in email prompts: you keep the final say before anything goes out.
• Calendar + Gmail in the same block makes the "morning brief" a spectacular demo.