Currents API

@Currents list all active users in our Google Workspace domain and show their last login dates

Retrieved 47 active users from your Google Workspace domain. Recent activity highlights: 12 users logged in within the past hour, 28 within the past 24 hours, 7 haven't logged in for 3+ days. Top active users include alice@company.com (last login: 8 minutes ago), bob@company.com (12 minutes ago), and carol@company.com (15 minutes ago). Full user list includes email addresses, account creation dates, and suspension status for each account.

This example demonstrates the List Users tool for Google Workspace domains. Requires domain-wide delegation and appropriate admin API scopes. Note that the MCP can operate in two modes: Google Workspace Admin SDK or Currents News API, depending on the configured base_url. Response format and available fields vary by your domain's user count and admin settings.

@Currents start watching bob@company.com's Gmail activity and send notifications to our team webhook whenever he sends an email

Successfully initiated activity watch channel for bob@company.com's Gmail application. Channel ID: ch_9x4k2m expires in 7 days (2024-01-15 14:30 UTC). Push notifications will be sent to your configured webhook endpoint whenever the monitored user sends, receives, or modifies email messages. You'll receive a POST request with activity details including timestamp, event type, and message metadata. Remember to renew this channel before expiration to maintain continuous monitoring.

This showcases the Activities Watch tool for real-time user monitoring. Requires OAuth 2.0 credentials with appropriate Gmail API scopes and a publicly accessible webhook endpoint. Watch channels expire after 7 days maximum and must be manually renewed. Consider privacy implications and ensure compliance with your organization's monitoring policies before deploying activity watches.

@Currents pull usage statistics for alice@company.com from last Tuesday and summarize which Google Workspace apps she used most heavily that day

Usage report for alice@company.com on 2024-01-09: Gmail dominated her activity with 247 emails sent/received and 3.2 hours of active use. Google Drive showed 89 file operations (42 edits, 31 views, 16 shares) totaling 1.8 hours. Google Meet recorded 4 video calls spanning 2.1 hours. Calendar had 12 event modifications. Docs/Sheets/Slides combined for 47 document interactions. Overall, Alice spent approximately 8.5 hours actively using Workspace tools that day, with email and collaborative document editing as primary activities.

This example pairs the Get User Usage Report tool with AI synthesis to extract insights from raw usage metrics. Requires Google Workspace admin privileges and the Reports API scope. Usage data is typically available with a 2-3 day delay, so requesting yesterday's stats may return incomplete results. Metrics granularity depends on your Workspace edition (Basic vs Enterprise).

When you need usage reports for a quarterly security review

A 12-person startup running Google Workspace needs to pull user activity logs for their Q4 compliance audit. The Currents API MCP gives you direct access to entity usage reports and per-user metrics without leaving the Switchy workspace. Your compliance lead can query usage on specific dates, watch for anomalous activity patterns, and export the data for the auditor—all through natural language prompts. This works best when you're auditing a small domain (under 100 users) and need spot checks rather than continuous monitoring. If you're running daily audits across hundreds of users, a dedicated SIEM tool will scale better. For quarterly or monthly reviews at small-team scale, this MCP closes the loop in one conversation.

When your support team needs real-time article feeds

A 6-person customer success team at a fintech startup monitors breaking news to catch regulatory changes that affect their product. The Currents API MCP pulls the latest articles into Switchy so the team can scan headlines during their morning standup and flag anything that might trigger customer questions. The List Latest News tool refreshes the feed in seconds, and the team can annotate articles or route them to the right owner without switching tabs. This scenario breaks down if your team needs deep filtering by topic or sentiment—the MCP returns a general feed, not a curated vertical slice. For broad monitoring at a cadence of once or twice daily, it keeps the team aligned without adding another dashboard to check.

When you want lightweight visibility into app usage

A 4-person product team working across three time zones uses the Activities Watch tool to get push notifications when teammates interact with shared Google Workspace apps. This helps the team stay in sync on who's editing the roadmap doc or updating the sprint tracker without constant Slack check-ins. The MCP sets up the notification channel once, then surfaces activity updates in the Switchy workspace where the team is already collaborating. The trade-off: this is not a forensic audit tool. If you need granular logs or historical playback beyond a few days, you'll want a dedicated activity monitoring platform. For lightweight transparency in a small, high-trust team, it reduces the friction of staying aware without micromanaging.