Google Previews Universal Search MCP Server for Workspace AI Agents

Summary

Google is offering the Universal Search MCP server as a developer preview through the Google Workspace Developer Preview Program. It uses the Model Context Protocol to let AI agents search supported Workspace data through one standardized tool instead of separate product-specific integrations. The server can search Gmail, Google Drive, Google Calendar and Google Chat, provided the relevant product APIs and the Google Workspace MCP API are enabled in a Google Cloud project. Access is controlled through OAuth 2.0 scopes, so the server searches only the products for which the user has granted read access; omitting the Gmail scope, for example, excludes email results. Google requires a Workspace developer preview enrollment, a Google Cloud project, an MCP client and a configured OAuth consent screen. The documentation gives setup instructions for Google Antigravity and Claude, including the MCP endpoint, client credentials and authentication steps. Antigravity users can configure the server in `mcp_config.json` or through its interface, while Claude users add it as a custom connector. The available `search_corpus` tool accepts a query across multiple Workspace products, enabling questions that combine emails, files, calendar events and Chat messages.