Google Colab · Capability
Google Colab Notebooks via Drive API
Colab notebooks are stored as Google Drive files with the MIME type application/vnd.google.colaboratory. This API specification covers the Google Drive v3 endpoints commonly used to manage Colab notebooks, including listing, creating, updating, and sharing notebooks.
What You Can Do
GET
Listnotebooks
— Google Colab List Colab notebooks
/files
POST
Createnotebook
— Google Colab Create a Colab notebook
/files
GET
Getnotebook
— Google Colab Get notebook metadata
/files/{fileId}
PATCH
Updatenotebook
— Google Colab Update notebook metadata
/files/{fileId}
DELETE
Deletenotebook
— Google Colab Delete a notebook
/files/{fileId}
POST
Copynotebook
— Google Colab Copy a notebook
/files/{fileId}/copy
GET
Listpermissions
— Google Colab List notebook permissions
/files/{fileId}/permissions
POST
Createpermission
— Google Colab Share a notebook
/files/{fileId}/permissions
MCP Tools
listnotebooks
Google Colab List Colab notebooks
read-only
idempotent
createnotebook
Google Colab Create a Colab notebook
getnotebook
Google Colab Get notebook metadata
read-only
idempotent
updatenotebook
Google Colab Update notebook metadata
deletenotebook
Google Colab Delete a notebook
idempotent
copynotebook
Google Colab Copy a notebook
listpermissions
Google Colab List notebook permissions
read-only
idempotent
createpermission
Google Colab Share a notebook