claude-code-google-workspace vs filesystem

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	claude-code-google-workspace by evolsb	filesystem by modelcontextprotocol
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Language	Shell	TypeScript
Last commit	2 mo ago	this month

claude-code-google-workspace · Summary

MCP servers for Google Workspace (Gmail, Drive, Calendar, Sheets, Docs) and Slack with multi-account support.

filesystem · Summary

A feature-rich MCP server for filesystem operations with dynamic directory access control.

claude-code-google-workspace · Use cases

Accessing emails and documents across multiple Google accounts
Managing calendar events and tasks from Slack and Google Workspace
Searching and retrieving content from Google Drive and Slack conversations

filesystem · Use cases

Enable AI models to read and write project files during development
Allow Claude or other MCP clients to browse and analyze codebases
Provide secure sandboxed access to specific directories for content generation

claude-code-google-workspace · Install

Quick Start

Clone this repo and open Claude Code in it

git clone https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/claude-code-google-workspace.git
cd claude-code-google-workspace
claude

Tell Claude Code: "Set up Google Workspace MCP for me"
Restart Claude Code to load the new MCP servers

Manual Setup

Refer to [docs/manual-setup.md](docs/manual-setup.md) for detailed step-by-step instructions.

Configuration

Create .mcp.json at project root with:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gws-personal": {
      "command": "bash",
      "args": ["./gws-token-wrapper.sh", "personal.json"]
    },
    "slack": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["slack-mcp-server"]
    }
  }
}

filesystem · Install

Installation

Using NPX

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "filesystem": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem",
        "/path/to/allowed/directory"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Using Docker

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "filesystem": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "--mount", "type=bind,src=/path/to/allowed/dir,dst=/projects/allowed/dir",
        "mcp/filesystem",
        "/projects"
      ]
    }
  }
}

VS Code Extension

Click the installation buttons in the README to install directly in VS Code.

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