Colab-MCP

An MCP server that lets an AI agent use Google Colab end to end: create and stop GPU/TPU runtimes, run code, work in notebooks cell by cell, launch long background jobs, and move files and folders in and out of the VM. It is a thin, safe layer over Google's official Colab CLI.

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What you can do with it

Create and stop GPU/TPU runtimes
Run code in notebooks cell by cell
Launch long background jobs with log polling
Move files and folders in and out of the VM

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 0.1.0

mcp-registry: io.github.amgallego8/colab-mcp@0.1.0 Source repository

Maintenance checked: Nov 1, 2026, 4:29 AM UTC

Packages and installation

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colab-cli-mcp 0.1.0

pypi

colab-cli-mcp package definition

{
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "transport": "stdio",
  "identifier": "colab-cli-mcp",
  "registryType": "pypi",
  "environmentVariables": [
    {
      "name": "COLAB_MCP_WORKDIR",
      "format": "string",
      "description": "The only local folder the server reads and writes. Defaults to the current directory."
    },
    {
      "name": "COLAB_MCP_DRIVE",
      "format": "string",
      "description": "Set to 1 to enable the optional Google Drive tools (they need a one-time sign-in, see the README)."
    }
  ]
}

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Cursor

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Cursor configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "colab-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "colab-cli-mcp==0.1.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "COLAB_MCP_WORKDIR": "<YOUR_COLAB_MCP_WORKDIR>",
        "COLAB_MCP_DRIVE": "<YOUR_COLAB_MCP_DRIVE>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline

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Cline configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "colab-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "colab-cli-mcp==0.1.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "COLAB_MCP_WORKDIR": "<YOUR_COLAB_MCP_WORKDIR>",
        "COLAB_MCP_DRIVE": "<YOUR_COLAB_MCP_DRIVE>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

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VS Code configuration

{
  "servers": {
    "colab-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "colab-cli-mcp==0.1.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "COLAB_MCP_WORKDIR": "<YOUR_COLAB_MCP_WORKDIR>",
        "COLAB_MCP_DRIVE": "<YOUR_COLAB_MCP_DRIVE>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

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Claude Desktop configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "colab-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "colab-cli-mcp==0.1.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "COLAB_MCP_WORKDIR": "<YOUR_COLAB_MCP_WORKDIR>",
        "COLAB_MCP_DRIVE": "<YOUR_COLAB_MCP_DRIVE>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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