mcp-google-keep

🩺 Troubleshooting

Fixes for common mcp-google-keep issues — startup, credentials, missing tokens, and logs.

🩺 Server not appearing in Claude

  • Verify the --directory path is absolute and correct.
  • Run uv run python server.py directly to check for startup errors.
  • Restart Claude Desktop or reload the MCP client.

🔐 No credentials found error

  • Run mcp-google-keep-setup to complete the credential setup. See Authentication.

🔍 oauth_token missing from DevTools

  • It's HttpOnly — only visible under Application → Cookies, not the Console.
  • Sign in again if it's missing; it appears right after authentication.

🔄 Token expired or invalid

  • Re-run mcp-google-keep-setup and choose to overwrite.

📋 Where are the logs?

  • All server output goes to stderr.
  • Claude Desktop: ~/Library/Logs/Claude/mcp-server-google-keep.log.

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