# Cloud Trace MCP
> Google Cloud managed MCP server for Cloud Trace. Exact tool names and accessible operations depend on the published server reference and configured Google Cloud permissions.
Canonical: https://www.mcpfolio.com/servers/google-cloud-cloud-trace
Last updated: 2026-10-28
## Catalog record

- Publisher: Google Cloud
- Categories: development, productivity, cloud-service

## Website

https://docs.cloud.google.com/trace/docs/reference/mcp/mcp

## Transports

Streamable HTTP

## Authentication

Google Cloud authentication: OAuth 2.0 using Application Default Credentials (ADC) in supported Google clients, or a client OAuth ID/secret or bearer token in compatible third-party clients. The principal needs mcp.tools.call plus the underlying product permissions; API key authentication is only available for services that explicitly support it.

## Tools

- **list_traces**: Use this as the primary tool to retrieve and examine distributed traces from Google Cloud Trace. Traces provide a detailed view of the path of a request as it travels through your application's services. This is essential for understanding latency issues and debugging complex, multi-service workflows. This will only return the root trace span, to gather full information call get_trace with that id.
- **get_trace**: Use this as the primary tool to retrieve a single distributed trace from Google Cloud Trace. Traces provide a detailed view of the path of a request as it travels through your application's services. This is essential for understanding latency issues and debugging complex, multi-service workflows. This is often used as a follow on to list_traces to get full details on a specific trace.

## Sources

- [official_server_catalog](https://docs.cloud.google.com/mcp/supported-products)
- [official_setup_guide](https://docs.cloud.google.com/mcp/configure-mcp-ai-application)
- [official_authentication_guide](https://docs.cloud.google.com/mcp/authenticate-mcp)
- [official_source](https://docs.cloud.google.com/trace/docs/reference/mcp/mcp)

## Setup

Use the interactive setup panel on [the detail page](https://www.mcpfolio.com/servers/google-cloud-cloud-trace) to view instructions for each supported client.