Google Contacts MCP Server

Google Contacts MCP server enabling AI agents to interact with Google Contacts via the People API — searching and retrieving contacts, reading contact details (email, phone, address), creating and updating contacts, and integrating Google's contact management into agent-driven personal assistant, CRM, and communication workflow automation.

Evaluated Mar 06, 2026 (0d ago) vcurrent
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⚙ Agent Friendliness
70
/ 100
Can an agent use this?
🔒 Security
84
/ 100
Is it safe for agents?
⚡ Reliability
73
/ 100
Does it work consistently?

Score Breakdown

⚙ Agent Friendliness

MCP Quality
68
Documentation
72
Error Messages
68
Auth Simplicity
65
Rate Limits
78

🔒 Security

TLS Enforcement
100
Auth Strength
85
Scope Granularity
82
Dep. Hygiene
72
Secret Handling
80

OAuth2. HTTPS. Scope granularity. Personal contact data. Store creds in env var. Community MCP.

⚡ Reliability

Uptime/SLA
80
Version Stability
72
Breaking Changes
72
Error Recovery
68
AF Security Reliability

Best When

A personal assistant agent needs to access and manage Google Contacts — for contact lookup, email address retrieval, or contact-aware communication workflows.

Avoid When

You use Outlook contacts, Apple Contacts, or enterprise CRM systems.

Use Cases

  • Looking up contact information from personal assistant agents
  • Searching contacts by name or email from communication agents
  • Creating and updating contacts from CRM workflow agents
  • Retrieving contact lists for bulk communication from outreach agents
  • Integrating Google Contacts with task management from productivity agents
  • Building contact-aware email drafting from correspondence agents

Not For

  • Outlook/Exchange contact users (use Microsoft Graph MCP instead)
  • Enterprise CRM (Salesforce, HubSpot require dedicated MCPs)
  • Teams without Google Workspace or Gmail account

Interface

REST API
Yes
GraphQL
No
gRPC
No
MCP Server
Yes
SDK
Yes
Webhooks
No

Authentication

Methods: oauth2
OAuth: Yes Scopes: Yes

Google OAuth2 required. Requires Google Cloud project with People API enabled and OAuth2 credentials. Scopes: contacts.readonly for read, contacts for full access. Token refresh handled automatically.

Pricing

Model: free
Free tier: Yes
Requires CC: No

Google People API is free. OAuth2 credentials free from Google Cloud Console. Community MCP is free open source.

Agent Metadata

Pagination
token
Idempotent
Partial
Retry Guidance
Not documented

Known Gotchas

  • Google Cloud Console setup required — People API must be enabled for your project
  • OAuth2 flow requires user consent on first run — not fully headless
  • Contact updates are immediate — no staging; confirm before modifying
  • People API returns complex resource names — parse carefully for contact IDs
  • Community MCP from kazuph (active MCP ecosystem contributor)
  • Rate limits are per-user — bulk operations need careful pacing

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Scores are editorial opinions as of 2026-03-06.

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