Install Google Contacts MCP for Claude Desktop
Claude Desktop reads mcpServers from claude_desktop_config.json. Restart the app after saving.
- Open ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on macOS, %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json on Windows, or ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on Linux.
- Paste the JSON config below.
- Replace placeholder secrets, then restart the client if it does not reload on its own.
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"a1-x-tech-mcp-google-contacts": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"mcp-google-contacts@1.0.0"
],
"env": {
"GOOGLE_CONTACTS_CLIENT_ID": "",
"GOOGLE_CONTACTS_CLIENT_SECRET": "YOUR_GOOGLE_CONTACTS_CLIENT_SECRET",
"GOOGLE_CONTACTS_REFRESH_TOKEN": "YOUR_GOOGLE_CONTACTS_REFRESH_TOKEN",
"GOOGLE_CONTACTS_ACCESS_TOKEN": "YOUR_GOOGLE_CONTACTS_ACCESS_TOKEN",
"GOOGLE_CONTACTS_OAUTH_PORT": "",
"GOOGLE_CONTACTS_API_BASE": "https://people.googleapis.com",
"GOOGLE_CONTACTS_TIMEOUT_MS": "60000",
"GOOGLE_CONTACTS_MAX_RETRIES": "3"
}
}
}
}