This tutorial covers how to add the [Google Drive MCP Server](https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers/tree/main/src/gdrive) as a Goose extension, allowing you to list, read, and search files in Google Drive.
When you start your next Goose session and use the Google Drive extension, a browser window will open for authentication. Follow the prompts to connect your Google account and complete the OAuth process. At this stage, your environment variable `GDRIVE_CREDENTIALS_PATH` will be set with the saved credentials.
<Tabs groupId="interface">
<TabItem value="cli" label="Goose CLI" default>
1. Run the `configure` command:
```sh
goose configure
```
2. Choose to add a `Command-line Extension`
```sh
┌ goose-configure
│
◇ What would you like to configure?
│ Add Extension
│
◆ What type of extension would you like to add?
│ ○ Built-in Extension
// highlight-start
│ ● Command-line Extension (Run a local command or script)
// highlight-end
│ ○ Remote Extension
└
```
3. Give your extension a name
```sh
┌ goose-configure
│
◇ What would you like to configure?
│ Add Extension
│
◇ What type of extension would you like to add?
│ Command-line Extension
│
// highlight-start
◆ What would you like to call this extension?
│ google drive
// highlight-end
└
```
4. Enter the command
```sh
┌ goose-configure
│
◇ What would you like to configure?
│ Add Extension
│
◇ What type of extension would you like to add?
│ Command-line Extension
│
◇ What would you like to call this extension?
│ google drive
│
// highlight-start
◆ What command should be run?
│ npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/server-gdrive auth
// highlight-end
└
```
5. Add your environment variables
```sh
┌ goose-configure
│
◇ What would you like to configure?
│ Add Extension
│
◇ What type of extension would you like to add?
│ Command-line Extension
│
◇ What would you like to call this extension?
│ google drive
│
◇ What command should be run?
│ npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/server-gdrive auth
// highlight-start
◆ Would you like to add environment variables?
│ Yes
│
◇ Environment variable name:
│ GDRIVE_CREDENTIALS_PATH
│
◇ Environment variable value:
│ ~/.config/.gdrive-server-credentials.json
│
◇ Add another environment variable?
│ yes
|
◇ Environment variable name:
│ GDRIVE_OAUTH_PATH
│
◇ Environment variable value:
│ ~/.config/gcp-oauth.keys.json
│
// highlight-end
└ Added google drive extension
```
</TabItem>
<TabItem value="ui" label="Goose Desktop">
1. Click `...` in the upper right corner
2. Click `Settings`
3. Under `Extensions`, click the `Add` link
4. On the `Add Extension Manually` modal, enter the following:
* **Type**: `Standard IO`
* **ID**: `g-drive-mcp` (_set this to whatever you want_)
* **Name**: `google drive` (_set this to whatever you want_)
* **Description**: `Google Drive MCP Server` (_set this to whatever you want_)
In this example, I’ll use Goose to quickly gather and summarize important information for my upcoming marketing budget review meeting in 30 minutes. I’ll ask Goose to find relevant documents from my Google Drive, summarize Q1 performance, highlight critical decisions on marketing automation and video production, and identify any outstanding action items from our last meeting.
### Goose Prompt
```
I have an important marketing budget review meeting in 30 minutes and I need your help getting prepared. I have several documents in my Google Drive from our previous meetings and planning sessions. Could you help me by:
1. Finding all relevant documents about our marketing budget and performance
2. Giving me a quick summary of our Q1 performance
3. Highlighting the key decisions we need to make about the marketing automation tool and video production
4. Identifying any outstanding action items from our last meeting
I need a quick but comprehensive overview so I can walk into this meeting well-prepared.
```
### Goose Output
```
I'll help you prepare for your meeting. Let me first list available resources from Google Drive to make sure we access the correct files.
[... list resources ...]
Great! I can see several relevant documents. Let me access them one by one to gather the information you need.
[... reads resources ...]
Based on all these documents, here's your comprehensive overview for the meeting:
Q1 Performance Summary:
- Overall 5% under budget ($104,200 spent vs $107,000 budgeted)
- Digital Marketing performing well with highest ROI:
- Email marketing: 3.2 ROI
- Google Ads: 2.4 ROI
- Content Marketing: 2.1 ROI
- Social media engagement up 23% from previous quarter
- Content marketing blog posts generating 2x expected leads
