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Google Cloud MCP servers roles and permissions

This page lists the IAM roles and permissions for Google Cloud MCP servers. To search through all roles and permissions, see the role and permission index.

Google Cloud MCP servers roles

Role Permissions

Role	Permissions
MCP tool user ^Beta (`roles/mcp.toolUser`) Role for calling tools on any MCP server enabled by the parent project.	`mcp.tools.call` `resourcemanager.projects.get` `resourcemanager.projects.list`

MCP tool user ^Beta

(roles/mcp.toolUser)

Role for calling tools on any MCP server enabled by the parent project.

mcp.tools.call

resourcemanager.projects.get

resourcemanager.projects.list

Google Cloud MCP servers permissions

Permission Included in roles

Permission	Included in roles
`mcp.tools.call`	Owner (`roles/owner`) Editor (`roles/editor`) MCP tool user (`roles/mcp.toolUser`)

`mcp.tools.call`

Owner (roles/owner)

Editor (roles/editor)

MCP tool user (roles/mcp.toolUser)

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Last updated 2026-01-07 UTC.