🩺 Troubleshooting
Fixes for common mcp-google-keep issues — startup, credentials, missing tokens, and logs.
🩺 Server not appearing in Claude
- Verify the
--directorypath is absolute and correct. - Run
uv run python server.pydirectly to check for startup errors. - Restart Claude Desktop or reload the MCP client.
🔐 No credentials found error
- Run
mcp-google-keep-setupto 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-setupand choose to overwrite.
📋 Where are the logs?
- All server output goes to stderr.
- Claude Desktop:
~/Library/Logs/Claude/mcp-server-google-keep.log.