# gws-connector MCP Server

Multi-account Google Workspace MCP — Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Sheets, Docs with smart routing.

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## Status

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## Connect

Published as `https://github.com/orieg/gws-connector/releases/download/v0.3.5/gws-mcp.mcpb` on mcpb. Runs locally.

## Known issues

**7 problems reported by people outside the maintainer team.** Issues filed by the project's own owners, members and collaborators are excluded — those are release checklists and internal refactors, not things that will go wrong for you. Showing 5.

### Most discussed

### Deferred surface gaps: Gmail forward/attachments, Slides (gated on demand)

## Purpose
Tracking issue for surface gaps that are **deliberately deferred** — real vs. broad single-account servers, but not aligned with gws-connector's multi-account/local focus and not yet requested. **Do not implement pre-emptively; ship only if users ask** (👍 / comments here signal demand).

## Deferred items
### Gmail: `forward` + attachment handling
- `gws.mail.forward` — today a forward can be approximated via `create_draft` with `threadId`; a first-class forward (carrying the original

[Read the thread](https://github.com/orieg/gws-connector/issues/67) · 2026-08-17 · closed · 0 comments

### Sheets: add append + clear

## Gap
`gws.sheets.*` has `read_range`, `write_range`, `create`, `list_tabs` but lacks **append** (add rows without computing the next empty range) and **clear** (empty a range). Append in particular is a common, awkward-to-emulate operation. **No new scope** — existing `spreadsheets` scope covers both.

## Proposed tools
- **`gws.sheets.append`** — `spreadsheet_id` (required), `range` (required, the table/range to append after), `values` (2D array, required), `value_input_option` (`RAW`|`USER_E

[Read the thread](https://github.com/orieg/gws-connector/issues/66) · 2026-08-17 · closed · 0 comments

### Add Contacts/People API (search + directory)

## Gap
No **Contacts / People API** support. This pairs naturally with the multi-account email story: resolve a name → address, disambiguate recipients per account, and (for Workspace accounts) search the org directory. Comparable servers expose 7 Contacts tools.

## Proposed tools (read-only to start)
- **`gws.contacts.search`** — `query` (required), `maxResults`, `account`. Wraps `People.SearchContacts` (returns name, emails, phones). Read-only.
- **`gws.contacts.directory_search`** — `query` 

[Read the thread](https://github.com/orieg/gws-connector/issues/65) · 2026-08-17 · closed · 0 comments

### Add Google Tasks support (list/create/complete)

## Gap
No **Google Tasks** support. Frequently requested, small API, and pairs well with the assistant workflow ("add a task", "what's on my list"). Comparable servers expose it (DataToRag/gws-mcp has 6 Tasks tools).

## Proposed tools (start minimal)
- **`gws.tasks.list_tasklists`** — `account`. Read-only.
- **`gws.tasks.list`** — `tasklist` (default `@default`), `showCompleted` (bool), `account`. Read-only.
- **`gws.tasks.create`** — `title` (required), `notes`, `due` (RFC3339), `tasklist`, `a

[Read the thread](https://github.com/orieg/gws-connector/issues/64) · 2026-08-17 · closed · 0 comments

### Calendar: add update_event + delete_event (reschedule/cancel)

## Gap
`gws.cal.*` can list/get/create events but **cannot update or delete** them — you can't reschedule or cancel a meeting today. This is a genuine functional hole vs comparable Google Workspace MCP servers (e.g. DataToRag/gws-mcp has update/delete/free-busy). **No new OAuth scope needed** — the existing `calendar` scope already grants write.

## Proposed tools
- **`gws.cal.update_event`** — params: `eventId` (required), `calendarId` (default `primary`), plus optional `summary`, `start`, `end

[Read the thread](https://github.com/orieg/gws-connector/issues/63) · 2026-08-17 · closed · 0 comments

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