Paperclip’s Google People MCP connector gives your AI agents tools to search contacts and directory profiles. Each tool can be Allowed, Ask first or Off.
Contacts belong to the authorizing account. Workspace directory results depend on its administrator’s directory settings.
What agents can do with Google People
- Compare contacts and directory results
search_contacts·search_directory_people - Look up a contact
search_contacts - Read the authorizing account’s profile
get_user_profile
How to connect Google People
- In Paperclip, open Connectors and select Google People.
- On the Access step, choose the identity and which agents may use the connection.
- Choose Connect with Paperclip where offered or Use your own Google OAuth app with its client ID and secret. Complete Google’s consent screen.
Google People tools for agents3
Read 3
get_user_profilesearch_contactssearch_directory_people
Tool availability and permissions
This list describes the reviewed tools. Your selected method, provider access and action permissions determine what agents can use.
These lists use a conservative permission policy. Read requires a provider read-only hint or a reviewed Paperclip read rule. Evidence that an action changes data or submits information elsewhere puts it in Write. Write also includes actions we cannot verify as read-only. Read describes the reviewed evidence; it does not guarantee that an action has no side effects. A connected account can group actions differently.
The provider supplies tool names without descriptions.
Connection policies
Discovered actions follow the connection’s policies. Review their permissions and set actions to Ask first or Off as needed. Contact creation, editing and deletion are not exposed.
Google People connector FAQ
Can I require approval for actions?
Set an action to Ask first to require human approval of each call or Off to prevent calls. Allowed actions run without approval. Read and Write grouping is separate from these settings.
What can agents reach in Google People?
Contacts belong to the authorizing account. Workspace directory results depend on its administrator’s directory settings.
What do I need before connecting?
Use a Google account registered for Developer Preview; directory search needs a Workspace account.
