What it does

The server equips Claude with tools to interact with Google Cloud Storage, one of several GCS-focused servers in the gcloud-mcp ecosystem. It exposes thirteen operations for bucket and object management—listing buckets, uploading files, retrieving metadata, and more—allowing you to work with cloud storage through natural language instead of gcloud CLI commands.

Who it's for

Backend engineers and DevOps teams who manage GCS infrastructure and want to automate routine storage tasks through Claude, or integrate GCS workflows into broader cloud automation pipelines.

Common use cases

Upload application logs or artifacts to a versioned GCS bucket as part of a build or deployment process
Query bucket contents and metadata without switching context away from Claude
Automate backup or archive operations by writing objects to long-term storage buckets
Chain GCS operations with other Google Cloud tasks in a single Claude session

Setup pitfalls

Requires the gcloud CLI installed and authenticated to your Google Cloud project; credentials must be scoped to GCS
CI tests are currently failing, a red flag for stability—test against your setup before production deployment
Reads and writes to the local filesystem and makes network calls to GCS; the high risk classification reflects this surface area. Use a narrowly scoped service account and run in a sandboxed environment

Tool name

Description

Destructive?

list_log_entries

✓ no

list_log_names

✓ no

list_buckets

✓ no

list_views

✓ no

list_sinks

✓ no

list_log_scopes		✓ no
list_metric_descriptors		✓ no
list_time_series		✓ no
list_alert_policies		✓ no
list_alerts		✓ no
list_traces		✓ no
get_trace		✓ no
list_group_stats		✓ no

@google-cloud/storage-mcp

What it does

Who it's for

Common use cases

Setup pitfalls