# google-multi-account

Wires several Google accounts into Claude and routes each call with an account parameter. You pick the identity per request, so work and personal mail stay separate.

- plugin · `type=plugin` · Claude Code · ★ 5
- Author: stevegustafson32
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/stevegustafson32/google-multi-account
- Updated: 2026-10-12
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/plugins/google-multi-account

## What it does

The plugin covers Gmail, Calendar, and Drive. Email tools search messages, read threads, build drafts, send with attachments, and manage labels. Calendar tools list and edit events, create Meet links, and find free slots across every connected calendar. Drive tools search, upload, download, and share files per account.

The point is the `account` argument. Claude's stock Google connectors bind to one identity, so a personal Drive folder is invisible to a work login. Here you name the account in each call, or pass `"all"` to search every connected mailbox and calendar at once.

You bring your own OAuth client: a GCP project with Gmail API and Calendar API turned on, desktop app type. The `/setup` command walks through it. One trap: the consent screen must be published to Production, because Testing mode expires refresh tokens after 7 days. Check every permission box on the consent screen too — an unchecked scope silently breaks Drive calls with `Insufficient Permission`. Email content is sanitized before the model sees it, and headers are CRLF-guarded.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

**Plugin marketplace**
In the agent chat (not a shell):
```text
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-community
```
In the agent chat (not a shell):
```text
/plugin install google-multi-account@claude-community
```

## When to use it
- find a message across all connected inboxes in one call
- send a file from the work account without switching logins
- create a draft that stays unsent until you review it
- get free slots merged from every calendar
- save an attachment from a received thread to disk

## Example prompts
- Search account `work` for emails from the client in the last week
- Draft a reply to this thread in `personal` and attach `report.pdf`
- Find free time across all calendars this week

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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# Google Multi-Account MCP (v0.7.0)

Connect any number of Google accounts (Gmail + Calendar + Drive) to Claude. Search, send, draft, and manage emails with attachments; manage calendar events; upload, download, search, and share Drive files — all with an `account` parameter that routes to the right identity.

The `account` parameter is the whole point. Claude's built-in Google connectors bind to a single identity, so a folder in a personal Drive is invisible to a work login and a file lands in whichever Drive the connector happens to hold. Here you name the account per call.

## What It Does

- **Email**: Search, read threads, send, draft, label — across one or all accounts
- **Attachments**: Send files with any email or draft; list and download attachments off received mail
- **Drive**: Search, list folders, upload, download, create folders, inspect, share — per account
- **Calendar**: List events, create/update/delete events, find free time across all calendars
- **Injection-hardened**: Email content is sanitized before it reaches the model; email headers are CRLF-guarded
- **Multi-account**: Configure as many Google accounts as you need, each with a custom label
- **Cross-account search**: Use `account: "all"` to search email or calendar across every connected account
- **Free time finder**: Merges all calendars to show when you're truly available

## Setup

### Prerequisites

- macOS or Windows (Claude Desktop / Cowork)
- Node.js 18+ (NVM/nvm-windows, volta, fnm, homebrew, or a system install all work)

You provide your own Google OAuth client (a 5-minute, one-time GCP setup — `/setup` walks you
through it). Nothing is pre-baked; your credentials live only in your local, gitignored config.
See [Security](SECURITY.md) for why.

### The consent screen — read this before you start

Two screens trip people up, in this order:

**1. "Google hasn't verified this app."** Red warning triangle and a **Back to safety**
button. This is expected: the OAuth client hasn't been through Google's formal verification
review, which is normal for a self-published plugin asking for Gmail and Drive access.
Click **Advanced** (bottom left) → **Go to google-multi-account (unsafe)**.

**2. The permissions list, with a checkbox per scope.** **Check every box**, or hit
**Select all**. An unchecked box is silently omitted from the token, and the usual symptom
is Drive connecting and then failing every call with `Insufficient Permission`.

Both screens repeat for each account you connect.

### Windows

One package covers both platforms — there is no separate Windows build. `start.cmd` ships
alongside `start.sh` and discovers node from PATH, volta, nvm-windows, fnm, or Program Files.

| | macOS | Windows |
|---|---|---|
| Install dir | `~/.google-multi-mcp/` | `%USERPROFILE%\.google-multi-mcp\` |
| Launcher | `start.sh` | `start.cmd` |
| Desktop config | `~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json` | `%APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json` |
| MCP entry | `"command": "/bin/bash"` | `"command": "cmd", "args": ["/c", "…\\start.cmd"]` |

Registering `"command": "node"` works on Windows only if node came from the official MSI
installer. With nvm-windows, volta, or fnm it fails the same way bare `node` fails under
NVM on macOS — which is the whole reason both launchers exist.

### Quick Start

1. Install the plugin in Claude
2. Run `/setup` for the fully guided experience — it handles everything:
   - Copies server files to `~/.google-multi-mcp/`
   - Installs npm dependencies
   - Walks through GCP project setup
   - Runs OAuth authentication for each account
   - Registers MCP server in Claude Desktop config
3. Restart Claude (Cmd+Q → reopen)

### Architecture

```
~/.google-multi-mcp/
├── config.json          # Your accounts + OAuth credentials (local only)
├── start.sh             # Node auto-discovery launcher
└── server/
    ├── index.js          # MCP server — dynamically registers tools from config
````
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