Claude Code How to use Google Sheets with Claude Code
You want Google Sheets inside Claude Code so it can find the right spreadsheet and summarize the data, audit a workbook for bad data, update a recurring report, and resolve spreadsheet review comments — without you copy-pasting between tabs. Here is the whole setup, once.
Create your Google Sheets gateway
The gateway is the thing Claude Code connects to, and it is where you decide which Google Sheets 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 Sheets tools
In the dashboard, create a gateway and pick the Google Sheets 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 Sheets tools.
Full Claude Code guide in the docs steps verified 2026-08-13
Try these spreadsheet prompts
Claude Code can now act on your Google Sheets account. Click a prompt to copy it.
Control which spreadsheets an agent can read or edit, and require approval before it changes cells or comments. Pair it with Contextual Access policies so a prompt injection cannot turn a read-only spreadsheet task into an unauthorized edit.
