Claude Code How to use Google Docs with Claude Code
You want Google Docs inside Claude Code so it can find and summarize project documents, turn notes into a polished document, review unresolved document comments, and apply approved edits to a document — without you copy-pasting between tabs. Here is the whole setup, once.
Create your Google Docs gateway
The gateway is the thing Claude Code connects to, and it is where you decide which Google Docs tools an agent may use. You create it once and every client reuses it.
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Create an Arcade account
Sign up and open the dashboard. The free tier is enough to follow this through.
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Create an MCP Gateway and select your Google Docs tools
In the dashboard, create a gateway and pick the Google Docs tools you want to expose. The gateway is what your client connects to, and it is where tool access is decided.
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Copy your gateway URL
Every client below needs it.
https://api.arcade.dev/mcp/<YOUR-GATEWAY-SLUG>
Connect the gateway to Claude Code
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Add the gateway as a remote HTTP MCP server
claude mcp add arcade --transport http "<YOUR_ARCADE_GATEWAY_URL>"
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Verify it was added
claude mcp get arcade claude mcp list
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Try it out
Open Claude Code in your project and ask it to use one of your Google Docs tools.
Full Claude Code guide in the docs steps verified 2026-08-13
Try these Google Docs prompts
Claude Code can now act on your Google Docs account. Click a prompt to copy it.
Use scoped access and permissions to control which documents an agent can reach and which write actions it can take. Pair it with Contextual Access policies so an agent can read source documents without being able to edit, append, or comment.
