Build your own Google Drive MCP server
Ready for 3.0Ready for 3.0. This template uses no nodes that n8n 3.0 removes. No removed nodes, versions or helpers found. Static check, last run 2026-10-19.
What this workflow does
This AI workflow has 13 nodes and runs when an MCP client calls one of its tools (plus 1 other trigger). Along the way it connects Google Drive and OpenAI.
How it runs
Trigger: When an MCP client calls one of its tools (plus 1 other trigger).
- Operation (Switch): routes items into 1 branches
- Download File (Google Drive): download
- FileType (Switch): routes items into 5 branches
- Extract from PDF (Extract from File): extracts data from a file (pdf)
- Extract from CSV (Extract from File): extracts data from a file
- Analyse Image (OpenAI): analyze (image)
- Transcribe Audio (OpenAI): transcribe (audio)
- Get PDF Response (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 1 field: response
- Get CSV Response (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 1 field: response
Services it uses
Before you upgrade to n8n 3.0
Nothing in this workflow is removed in n8n 3.0, so it should import and run after the upgrade.
Nodes used (9)
- Execute Workflow Trigger
n8n-nodes-base.executeWorkflowTrigger - MCP Server Trigger
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.mcpTrigger - Google Drive
n8n-nodes-base.googleDrive - Switch
n8n-nodes-base.switch - Extract from File
n8n-nodes-base.extractFromFile - Edit Fields (Set)
n8n-nodes-base.set - Call n8n Workflow Tool
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.toolWorkflow - Google Drive Tool
n8n-nodes-base.googleDriveTool - OpenAI
@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.openAi
From the author
This n8n demonstrates how to build a simple Google Drive MCP server to search and get contents of files from Google Drive. This MCP example is based off an official MCP reference implementation which can be found here…