Connect Google Drive to your AI agent

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Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices, with robust search and offline access

We set up the connection using your own Google Drive account, with keys you control, and keep it running. Your agent picks it up and starts doing the work.

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Actions

What your agent can do in Google Drive

Each one is a real action the agent can take on its own, the same things a person clicking around Google Drive could do. Read-only by default; write actions are confirmed against your policy.

  • Add file sharing preference (Deprecated) DEPRECATED: Use GOOGLEDRIVE_CREATE_PERMISSION instead; use GOOGLEDRIVE_UPDATE_PERMISSION to modify existing permissions (avoids duplicate entries). Modifies sharing permissions for an existing Google Drive file, grantin…
  • Insert File Parent (v2) Tool to add a parent folder for a file using Google Drive API v2. Use when you need to add a file to an additional folder.
  • Insert Property (v2 API) Tool to add a property to a file, or update it if it already exists (v2 API). Use when you need to attach custom key-value metadata to a Google Drive file.
  • Copy file (Deprecated) DEPRECATED: Use GOOGLEDRIVE_COPY_FILE_ADVANCED instead. Duplicates an existing file (not folders) in Google Drive by `file_id`; copy lands in same folder as original — use GOOGLEDRIVE_MOVE_FILE afterward for precise pla…
  • Copy file with advanced options Creates a copy of a file and applies any requested updates with patch semantics. Use when you need to duplicate a file with advanced options like label inclusion, visibility settings, or custom metadata.
  • Create Comment Tool to create a comment on a file in Google Drive. Returns a nested `data` object; extract `data.id` for the resulting comment identifier. Omit `anchor` and `quoted_file_content_*` for general file-level comments.
  • Create Shared Drive Tool to create a new shared drive. Use when you need to programmatically create a new shared drive for collaboration or storage.
  • Create File or Folder Creates a new file or folder in Google Drive. Supports both metadata-only creation (for folders and empty documents) and file upload with content. When file_to_upload is provided, uploads the actual file bytes; otherwis…
  • Create a File from Text Creates a new file in Google Drive from provided text content (up to 10MB), supporting various formats including automatic conversion to Google Workspace types. Returns flat metadata fields (`id`, `mimeType`, `name`) at…
  • Create a folder Creates a new folder in Google Drive, optionally within an EXISTING parent folder specified by its ID or name. The parent folder MUST already exist - use GOOGLEDRIVE_FIND_FOLDER first to verify the parent exists or find…
  • Create Permission Tool to create a permission for a file or shared drive. Use when you need to share a file or folder with users, groups, domains, or make it publicly accessible. **Warning:** Concurrent permissions operations on the same…
  • Create Permissions Batch Creates multiple permissions for files or shared drives in a single batch request. Use this action when you need to share multiple files with users, or share a single file with multiple users or groups simultaneously. E…
  • Create Reply Tool to create a reply to a comment in Google Drive. Use when you need to respond to an existing comment on a file.
  • Create Shortcut to File/Folder Tool to create a shortcut to a file or folder in Google Drive. Use when you need to link to an existing Drive item from another location without duplicating it. The shortcut receives its own distinct file ID (capture fr…
  • Create Team Drive (Deprecated) Tool to create a Team Drive. Deprecated: Use drives.create instead. Use when you need to create a Team Drive for collaboration.
  • Delete Child (v2) Tool to remove a child from a folder using Google Drive API v2. Use when you need to remove a file from a specific folder.
  • Delete Comment Permanently deletes a comment thread (and all its replies) from a Google Drive file — this action is irreversible. To remove only a single reply within a thread, use GOOGLEDRIVE_DELETE_REPLY instead. Verify the exact co…
  • Delete Shared Drive Tool to permanently delete a shared drive. Use when you need to remove a shared drive and its contents (if specified).
  • Delete file DEPRECATED: Use GOOGLEDRIVE_GOOGLE_DRIVE_DELETE_FOLDER_OR_FILE_ACTION instead. Tool to permanently delete a file owned by the user without moving it to trash. Use when permanent deletion is required. If the file belongs…
  • Delete Parent (v2) Tool to remove a parent from a file using Google Drive API v2. Use when you need to remove a file from a specific folder.
  • Delete Permission Deletes a permission from a file by permission ID. Deletion is irreversible — confirm the target user, group, or permission type before executing. IMPORTANT: You must first call GOOGLEDRIVE_LIST_PERMISSIONS to get valid…
  • Delete Property (v2 API) Tool to delete a property from a file using Google Drive API v2. Use when you need to remove custom key-value metadata from a file.
  • Delete Reply Tool to delete a specific reply by reply ID. Deletion is irreversible; obtain explicit user confirmation before calling. Removes only the targeted reply, not the full comment thread — use GOOGLEDRIVE_DELETE_COMMENT to r…
  • Delete Revision Tool to permanently delete a file revision. Use when you need to remove a specific version of a binary file (images, videos, etc.). Cannot delete revisions for Google Docs/Sheets or the last remaining revision.
  • Delete Team Drive (Deprecated) Tool to permanently delete a Team Drive. Deprecated: Use drives.delete instead. Use when you need to remove a Team Drive using the legacy endpoint.
  • Download a file from Google Drive Downloads a file from Google Drive by its ID. For Google Workspace documents (Docs, Sheets, Slides), optionally exports to a specified `mime_type`. For other file types, downloads in their native format regardless of mi…
  • Download file content (Deprecated) DEPRECATED: Use GOOGLEDRIVE_DOWNLOAD_FILE_OPERATION instead. Tool to download file content as a long-running operation. Use when you need to download files from Google Drive. Operations are valid for 24 hours from the t…
  • Download file via operation Tool to download file content using long-running operations. Use when you need to download Google Vids files or export Google Workspace documents as part of a long-running operation. Operations are valid for 24 hours fr…
  • Edit File Updates an existing Google Drive file with binary content by overwriting its entire content with new text (max 10MB). IMPORTANT: This action only works with files that have binary content (text files, PDFs, images, etc.…
  • Empty Trash Tool to permanently and irreversibly delete ALL trashed files in the user's Google Drive or a specified shared drive. Recovery is impossible after execution — no Drive tool can restore items once trash is emptied. Affec…
  • Export Google Workspace file Exports a Google Workspace document to the requested MIME type and returns exported file content. Use when you need to export Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drawings, or Apps Script files to a specific format. Note: The e…
  • Find file The comprehensive Google Drive search tool that handles all file and folder discovery needs. Use this for any file finding task - from simple name searches to complex queries with date filters, MIME types, permissions,…
  • Find folder Tool to find a folder in Google Drive by its name and optionally a parent folder. Use when you need to locate a specific folder to perform further actions like creating files in it or listing its contents.
  • Generate File IDs Generates a set of file IDs which can be provided in create or copy requests. Use when you need to pre-allocate IDs for new files or copies.
  • Get about Tool to retrieve information about the user, the user's Drive, and system capabilities. Use when you need to check storage quotas, user details, or supported import/export formats. Note: storageQuota reflects My Drive (…
  • Get App Tool to get information about a specific Drive app by ID. Use 'self' as the app ID to get information about the calling app.
  • Get change (v2 deprecated) Tool to get a specific change by ID from Google Drive v2 API. Deprecated: Use changes.getStartPageToken and changes.list to retrieve recent changes instead.
  • Get Changes Start Page Token Tool to get the starting pageToken for listing future changes in Google Drive. Returns only a token — pass it to GOOGLEDRIVE_LIST_CHANGES to retrieve actual changes. Persist this token; losing it requires a full rescan.…
  • Get Child Reference (v2) Tool to get a specific child reference for a folder using Drive API v2. Use when you need to verify a specific file exists as a child of a folder.
  • Get Comment Tool to get a comment by ID. Use when you need to retrieve a specific comment from a Google Drive file and have both the file ID and comment ID.
  • Get Shared Drive Tool to get a shared drive by ID. Use when you need to retrieve information about a specific shared drive. To discover drive_ids, use GOOGLEDRIVE_LIST_SHARED_DRIVES first; GOOGLEDRIVE_GET_ABOUT reflects overall user sto…
  • Get File Metadata Tool to get a file's metadata by ID. Use to verify `mimeType`, `parents`, and `trashed` status before destructive operations (delete/move/export), or to confirm `mimeType='application/vnd.google-apps.document'` before c…
  • Get Property (v2) Tool to get a property by its key using Google Drive API v2. Use when you need to retrieve a specific custom property attached to a file.
  • Get File (v2 API) (Deprecated) DEPRECATED: Use GetFileMetadata instead. Tool to get a file's metadata or content by ID from Google Drive API v2. Use when you need file metadata with alt=json, or file content with alt=media.
  • Get Parent Reference (v2) Tool to get a specific parent reference for a file using Drive API v2. Use when you need to retrieve information about a specific parent folder of a file.
  • Get Permission Gets a permission by ID. Use this tool to retrieve a specific permission for a file or shared drive. Newly created or updated permissions on shared drives may have a brief propagation delay before appearing.
  • Get Permission ID for Email Tool to get the permission ID for an email address using the Drive API v2. Use when you need to convert an email address to its corresponding permission ID.
  • Get Reply Tool to get a specific reply to a comment on a file. Use when you need to retrieve the details of a particular reply.
  • Get Revision Tool to get a specific revision's metadata (name, modifiedTime, keepForever, etc.) by revision ID. Returns metadata only — not file content. Use a separate download tool to retrieve file content or restore a revision.
  • Get Team Drive (Deprecated) Tool to get metadata about a Team Drive by ID. Deprecated: Use the drives.get endpoint instead.
  • Delete folder or file Tool to delete a file or folder in Google Drive. Use when you need to permanently remove a specific file or folder using its ID. Note: This action is irreversible. Deleting a folder permanently removes all nested files…
  • Hide Shared Drive Tool to hide a shared drive from the default view. Use when you want to remove a shared drive from the user's main Google Drive interface without deleting it.
  • Insert Child Into Folder (v2) Tool to insert a file into a folder using Drive API v2. Use when you need to add an existing file to a folder.
  • List Access Proposals Tool to list pending access proposals on a file. Use when you need to retrieve access proposals for a specific file. Note: Only approvers can list access proposals; non-approvers will receive a 403 error.
  • List Approvals Tool to list approvals on a file for workflow-based access control. Use when you need to retrieve all approvals associated with a specific file in Google Drive.
  • List Changes Tool to list the changes for a user or shared drive. Use when a full incremental change feed is needed (for simple recent-file lookups, prefer GOOGLEDRIVE_FIND_FILE instead). Tracks modifications such as creations, dele…
  • List Folder Children (v2) Tool to list a folder's children using Google Drive API v2. Use when you need to retrieve all files and folders within a specific folder.
  • List Comments Tool to list all comments for a file in Google Drive. Results are paginated; iterate using nextPageToken until absent to retrieve all comments. Filtering by author, content, or other criteria must be done client-side. U…
  • List File Labels Tool to list the labels already applied to a file in Google Drive. An empty labels array is a valid response indicating no labels are applied, not an error. This tool shows only applied labels; label_id and field_id val…
  • List Properties (v2 API) Tool to list a file's properties in Google Drive API v2. Use when you need to retrieve custom properties (key-value pairs) attached to a file.
  • List Files and Folders (Deprecated) DEPRECATED: Use GOOGLEDRIVE_FIND_FILE instead. Tool to list a user's files and folders in Google Drive. Use this to search or browse for files and folders based on various criteria.
  • List Permissions Tool to list a file's permissions. Use when you need to retrieve all permissions associated with a specific file or shared drive.
  • List Replies to Comment Tool to list replies to a comment in Google Drive. Use this when you need to retrieve all replies associated with a specific comment on a file.
  • List File Revisions Tool to list a file's revision metadata (not content) in Google Drive. Drive may prune old revisions, so history may be incomplete for frequently edited files. Filter client-side for specific revisionIds; do not assume…
  • List Shared Drives Tool to list the user's shared drives. Use when you need to get a list of all shared drives accessible to the authenticated user. Results may differ from the web UI due to admin policies; listing a drive does not guaran…
  • List Team Drives (Deprecated) Tool to list Team Drives (deprecated, use List Shared Drives instead). Use when you need to retrieve Team Drives using the legacy endpoint.
  • Modify File Labels Modifies the set of labels applied to a file. Returns a list of the labels that were added or modified. Use when you need to programmatically change labels on a Google Drive file, such as adding, updating, or removing t…
  • Move File Tool to move a file from one folder to another in Google Drive. To truly move (not just copy the parent), always provide both `add_parents` (destination folder ID) and `remove_parents` (source folder ID); omitting `remo…
  • Export or download a file DEPRECATED: Exports Google Workspace files (max 10MB) to a specified format using `mime_type`, or downloads other file types; use `GOOGLEDRIVE_DOWNLOAD_FILE` instead.
  • Patch Permission Tool to update a permission using patch semantics. Use when you need to modify specific fields of an existing permission without affecting other fields. **Warning:** Concurrent permissions operations on the same file ar…
  • Patch Property (v2 API) Tool to update a property on a file using PATCH semantics (v2 API). Use when you need to partially update custom key-value metadata attached to a Google Drive file.
  • Resumable Upload Tool to start and complete a Google Drive resumable upload session. Use for files larger than ~5 MB to avoid timeouts or size-limit failures. HTTP 308 means continue the session from the correct byte offset; HTTP 410 me…
  • Stop Watch Channel Tool to stop watching resources through a specified channel. Use this when you want to stop receiving notifications for a previously established watch. Both `id` and `resourceId` must be saved from the original watch re…
  • Trash File Tool to move a file or folder to trash (soft delete). Use when you need to delete a file but want to allow recovery via UNTRASH_FILE. This action is distinct from permanent deletion and provides a safer cleanup workflow.
  • Unhide Shared Drive Tool to unhide a shared drive. Use when you need to restore a shared drive to the default view.
  • Untrash File Tool to restore a file from the trash. Use when you need to recover a deleted file. This action updates the file's metadata to set the 'trashed' property to false. Only works while the file remains in trash — recovery i…
  • Update Comment Tool to update an existing comment on a Google Drive file. Use when you need to change the content of a comment. NOTE: The 'resolved' field is read-only in the Google Drive API. To resolve or reopen a comment, use CREAT…
  • Update Shared Drive Tool to update the metadata for a shared drive. Use when you need to modify properties like the name, theme, background image, or restrictions of a shared drive.
  • Update File Metadata (PATCH v2) Tool to update file metadata using the Drive API v2 PATCH method. Use when you need to modify file properties like title, description, or labels using patch semantics.
  • Update Property (v2 API) Tool to update a property on a file using Google Drive API v2. Use when you need to modify an existing custom property attached to a file.
  • Update File (Metadata) Updates file metadata. Uses PATCH semantics (partial update) as per Google Drive API v3 — only explicitly provided fields are updated, so omit fields you do not intend to overwrite. Use this tool to modify attributes of…
  • Update File Revision Metadata Updates ONLY the metadata properties of a specific file revision (keepForever, published, publishAuto, publishedOutsideDomain). IMPORTANT: This action does NOT update file content. To update file content, use EDIT_FILE…
  • Update Permission Tool to update a permission with patch semantics. Use when you need to modify an existing permission for a file or shared drive. Inherited or domain-managed permissions may not be editable; verify editability with GOOGL…
  • Update Reply Tool to update a reply to a comment on a Google Drive file. Use when you need to modify the content of an existing reply.
  • Update Team Drive (Deprecated) Tool to update a Team Drive's metadata. Deprecated: Use the drives.update endpoint instead. Use when you need to modify Team Drive properties.
  • Upload File Uploads a file (max 5MB) to Google Drive, placing it in the specified folder or root if no valid folder ID is provided. Always creates a new file (never updates existing); use GOOGLEDRIVE_EDIT_FILE to update with a stab…
  • Upload File from URL to Drive Tool to fetch a file from a provided URL server-side and upload it into Google Drive. Use when you need to reliably persist externally hosted files into Drive without client-side downloads or temporary storage.
  • Upload/Update File Content Tool to update file content in Google Drive by uploading new binary content. Use when you need to replace the contents of an existing file with new file data.
  • Watch Drive Changes Tool to subscribe to changes for a user or shared drive in Google Drive. Use when you need to monitor a Google Drive for modifications and receive notifications at a specified webhook URL. Notifications may be batched r…
  • Watch File for Changes Tool to subscribe to push notifications for changes to a specific file. Use when you need to monitor a file for modifications and receive real-time notifications at a webhook URL.
Setup

How we connect it

  1. 1

    Connect your account

    You log in with your own Google Drive account. We never see your password, and you can revoke access from Google Drive at any time.

  2. 2

    Set the guardrails

    Read-only by default. You choose which write actions the agent may take, and anything outside that policy gets confirmed with you first.

  3. 3

    We keep it running

    Health checks on every connection, updates handled for you, and we watch the first week of activity to make sure the work lands.

FAQ

Google Drive questions, answered.

You sign in with your own Google Drive account. Permissions are scoped to the minimum the agent needs, the connection is health-checked, and you can revoke access from Google Drive at any time.
The actions Google Drive's API allows, the same things a person clicking around the app could do. Connections start read-only by default; write actions are confirmed against the policy you set before the agent takes them.
Connections are priced per tool on top of the base plan. Some are included, some are premium. See pricing for how connection charges work.
Standard tools are ready inside 7 business days of the setup call. We test the connection end to end, walk you through how the agent uses it, and watch the first week of activity.

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