MCP Reference: file.googleapis.com

This server provides tools to manage Filestore resources like instances, snapshots, and backups.

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server acts as a proxy between an external service that provides context, data, or capabilities to a Large Language Model (LLM) or AI application. MCP servers connect AI applications to external systems such as databases and web services, translating their responses into a format that the AI application can understand.

Server Setup

You must enable MCP servers and set up authentication before use. For more information about using Google and Google Cloud remote MCP servers, see Google Cloud MCP servers overview.

Server Endpoints

An MCP service endpoint is the network address and communication interface (usually a URL) of the MCP server that an AI application (the Host for the MCP client) uses to establish a secure, standardized connection. It is the point of contact for the LLM to request context, call a tool, or access a resource. Google MCP endpoints can be global or regional.

The Cloud Filestore API MCP server has the following global MCP endpoint:

  • https://file.googleapis.com/mcp

MCP Tools

An MCP tool is a function or executable capability that an MCP server exposes to a LLM or AI application to perform an action in the real world.

Tools

The file.googleapis.com MCP server has the following tools:

MCP Tools
filestore_list_instances Lists all Filestore instances.
filestore_get_instance Gets the details of a specific Filestore instance.
filestore_list_snapshots Lists all snapshots for a specific Filestore instance.
filestore_get_snapshot Gets the details of a specific snapshot.
filestore_create_snapshot Creates a new snapshot of a Filestore instance.
filestore_list_backups Lists all backups.
filestore_get_backup Gets the details of a specific backup.
filestore_create_backup Creates a new backup.

Get MCP tool specifications

To get the MCP tool specifications for all tools in an MCP server, use the tools/list method. The following example demonstrates how to use curl to list all tools and their specifications currently available within the MCP server.

Curl Request 
                      
curl --location 'https://file.googleapis.com/mcp' \
--header 'content-type: application/json' \
--header 'accept: application/json, text/event-stream' \
--data '{
    "method": "tools/list",
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "id": 1
}'