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How to use Google Docs with Cursor

You want Google Docs inside Cursor 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 Cursor 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.

Create an Arcade account

Sign up and open the dashboard. The free tier is enough to follow this through.
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.
Copy your gateway URL

Every client below needs it.
```
https://api.arcade.dev/mcp/<YOUR-GATEWAY-SLUG>
```

Create a Google Docs gateway Opens the gateway builder in your Arcade dashboard.

Connect the gateway to Cursor

Heads up

Cursor does not refresh MCP OAuth tokens automatically. For a persistent connection, set Authorization to “Arcade Headers” on the gateway in the dashboard.

Open MCP settings

Command Palette (⌘⇧P / Ctrl+Shift+P) → Open MCP Settings, then click “New MCP Server”.

Add the gateway to mcpServers

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-arcade": {
      "url": "https://api.arcade.dev/mcp/<YOUR-GATEWAY-SLUG>"
    }
  }
}

Try it out

Ask Cursor to use one of your Google Docs tools.

Full Cursor guide in the docs steps verified 2026-08-13

Try these Google Docs prompts

Cursor 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.

How to use Google Docs with Cursor

Create your Google Docs gateway

Create an Arcade account

Create an MCP Gateway and select your Google Docs tools

Copy your gateway URL

Connect the gateway to Cursor

Open MCP settings

Add the gateway to mcpServers

Try it out

Try these Google Docs prompts

Ready to actually ship your agent?