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.
Score Breakdown
⚙ Agent Friendliness
🔒 Security
OAuth2. HTTPS. Scope granularity. Personal contact data. Store creds in env var. Community MCP.
⚡ 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
Authentication
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
Google People API is free. OAuth2 credentials free from Google Cloud Console. Community MCP is free open source.
Agent Metadata
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.