File Management & Storage

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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

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Claude, web and desktop

Open Customize, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, and paste the address. On Team and Enterprise an owner adds it first.

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Cursor

Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser.

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Zed

Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server.

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Codex and the ChatGPT desktop app

Open Settings, then MCP servers, then Add server, and choose Streamable HTTP. From the terminal, Codex takes the address with its own add command and then signs you in.

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Paste the address where the client asks for a remote MCP server URL, and name the server apiant-ai where it lets you. APIANT's skills reach the client over the same connection.

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What your agent can do with Google Drive

Triggers and actions 7 triggers · 85 actions

  • Trigger
    Comment Added (Docs/Sheets/Slides)

    Triggers when a new comment is added to Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides.

  • Trigger
    File Created

    Triggers when a new file is created in Google Drive.

  • Trigger
    File Deleted or Trashed

    Triggers when a file is moved to trash or permanently deleted in Drive.

  • Trigger
    File Shared (Permissions Added)

    Triggers when new sharing permissions are granted to a file or folder. Uses Drive's `changes.list` endpoint with inline `permissions` in the `fields` mask so each change carries the file's current permission set provider-atomically. We diff that against `seen_permission_keys` to identify newly added grants. Drive page tokens are the primary cursor; if Drive rejects a stored token, the trigger raises `PollingTriggerError` without clearing state rather than silently re-baselining and dropping events. Limitation: truly ephemeral permissions (added and revoked between two polls without any other file modification in between) are not detected. Drive Activity API would catch those but requires an additional OAuth scope and a different payload contract.

  • Trigger
    File Updated

    Triggers when a file's metadata or content changes in Google Drive.

  • Trigger
    Google Drive Changes

    Triggers when changes are detected in a Google Drive.

  • Trigger
    New File Matching Query

    Triggers when a new Google Drive file matches a provided query. This is the legacy query-centric trigger: it preserves Drive API query config such as ``corpora`` / ``driveId`` aliases and emits the historical ``file_matching_query`` event type. ``FileCreatedTrigger`` covers the broader "new file" case and emits ``file_created``.

  • Action
    Add File Sharing Preference

    Modifies sharing permissions for an existing google drive file, granting a specified role to a user, group, domain, or 'anyone'.

  • Action
    Add Parent

    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.

  • Action
    Add Property

    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.

  • Action
    Batch Get Spreadsheet Values

    Read multiple explicit ranges from one Google Spreadsheet in one request.

  • Action
    Batch Update Spreadsheet Values

    Write values to multiple Google Sheets ranges in one batch request.

  • Action
    Clear Spreadsheet Values

    Permanently clear values from one range while preserving formatting, notes, and validation.

  • Action
    Copy File

    Duplicates an existing file in google drive, identified by its `file id`.

  • Action
    Copy File Advanced

    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.

  • Action
    Create Comment

    Tool to create a comment on a file. use when you need to add a new comment to a specific file in google drive.

  • Action
    Create File

    Creates a new file or folder with metadata. use to create empty files or folders, or files with content by providing it in the request body (though this action primarily focuses on metadata creation).

  • Action
    Create 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.

  • Action
    Create Folder

    Creates a new folder in google drive, optionally within a parent folder specified by its id or name; if a parent name is provided but not found, the action will fail.

  • Action
    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 file are not supported; only the last update is applied.

  • Action
    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. Each permission in the batch can target a different file and specify different access levels. Batch operations are more efficient than creating permissions individually, with a maximum of 100 permissions per batch.

  • Action
    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.

  • Action
    Create Shortcut To File

    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.

  • Action
    Delete Child

    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.

  • Action
    Delete Comment

    Deletes a comment from a file. use when you need to remove a specific comment from a google drive file.

  • Action
    Delete Parent

    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.

  • Action
    Delete Permission

    Deletes a permission from a file by permission id. use when you need to revoke access for a specific user or group from a file.

  • Action
    Delete Property

    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.

  • Action
    Delete Reply

    Tool to delete a specific reply by reply id. use when you need to remove a reply from a comment on a file.

  • Action
    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.

  • Action
    Download File

    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 mime type.

  • Action
    Download File 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 from creation. Returns a response containing `downloaded_file_content.s3url` — a short-lived S3 URL; fetch the actual file bytes from that URL promptly after the call.

  • Action
    Download File Revision

    Download the stored bytes of one blob-file revision. This action does not export Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, or other Workspace revisions. Use GOOGLEDRIVE_GET_REVISION to retrieve a Workspace revision's exportLinks, then download the selected export URL separately.

  • Action
    Edit File

    Updates an existing google drive file by overwriting its entire content with new text (max 10mb).

  • Action
    Empty Trash

    Tool to permanently delete all of the user's trashed files. use when you want to empty the trash in google drive.

  • Action
    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 exported content is limited to 10MB by Google Drive API.

  • Action
    Find File

    Tool to list or search for files and folders in google drive. use when you need to find specific files based on query criteria or list contents of a drive/folder.

  • Action
    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.

  • Action
    Generate 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.

  • Action
    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.

  • Action
    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.

  • Action
    Get Change

    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.

  • Action
    Get Changes Start Page Token

    Tool to get the starting pagetoken for listing future changes in google drive. use this when you need to track changes to files and folders.

  • Action
    Get Child

    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.

  • Action
    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.

  • Action
    Get Document

    Retrieve a native Google Docs document's structured content and metadata by ID.

  • Action
    Get File Metadata

    Tool to get a file's metadata by id. use when you need to retrieve the metadata for a specific file in google drive.

  • Action
    Get File Property

    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.

  • Action
    Get Form

    Retrieve a Google Form's definition, questions, settings, and publishing state by ID.

  • Action
    Get Parent

    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.

  • Action
    Get Permission

    Gets a permission by id. use this tool to retrieve a specific permission for a file or shared drive.

  • Action
    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.

  • Action
    Get Presentation

    Retrieve a Google Slides presentation and its complete page structures by ID.

  • Action
    Get Presentation Page Thumbnail

    Generate one short-lived page thumbnail URL using an expensive Slides quota read.

  • Action
    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.

  • Action
    Get Revision

    Tool to get a specific revision's metadata by revision id. use when you need to retrieve information about a particular version of a file.

  • Action
    Get Spreadsheet

    Retrieve a Google Spreadsheet's structure, metadata, and selected grid data.

  • Action
    Get Spreadsheet Values

    Read values from one range in a Google Spreadsheet.

  • Action
    Google Drive Delete Folder Or File Action

    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.

  • Action
    Insert Child

    Tool to insert a file into a folder using Drive API v2. Use when you need to add an existing file to a folder.

  • Action
    List Changes

    Tool to list the changes for a user or shared drive. use when you need to track modifications to files and folders, such as creations, deletions, or permission changes. this action requires a `pagetoken` which can be initially obtained using the `get changes start page token` action or from a previous `list changes` response.

  • Action
    List 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.

  • Action
    List Comments

    Tool to list all comments for a file in google drive. use when you need to retrieve comments associated with a specific file.

  • Action
    List File Labels

    Tool to list the labels on a file. use when you need to retrieve all labels associated with a specific file in google drive.

  • Action
    List File Properties

    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.

  • Action
    List Files

    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.

  • Action
    List Form Responses

    Return one page of submissions for a Google Form.

  • Action
    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.

  • Action
    List Replies

    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.

  • Action
    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.

  • Action
    List Revisions

    Tool to list a file's revisions. use when you need to retrieve the revision history of a specific file in google drive.

  • Action
    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.

  • Action
    Move File

    Tool to move a file from one folder to another in google drive. use when you need to reorganize files by changing their parent folder(s).

  • Action
    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 are not supported; only the last update is applied.

  • Action
    Patch Property

    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.

  • Action
    Read Spreadsheet Values

    Read values from one or more ranges in a Google spreadsheet.

  • Action
    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 means the session expired and a full restart with a new session is required.

  • Action
    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.

  • Action
    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.

  • Action
    Update Comment

    Tool to update an existing comment on a google drive file. use when you need to change the content or status (e.g., resolve) of a comment.

  • Action
    Update File Metadata Patch

    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.

  • Action
    Update File Property

    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.

  • Action
    Update File Put

    Updates file metadata. uses patch semantics (partial update) as per google drive api v3. use this tool to modify attributes of an existing file like its name, description, or parent folders. note: this action currently supports metadata updates only.

  • Action
    Update File Revision Metadata

    Updates metadata of a file revision (e.g., keepforever, publish). use this tool to modify the metadata of a specific revision of a file in google drive.

  • Action
    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.

  • Action
    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.

  • Action
    Update Spreadsheet Values

    Write values to one exact Google Sheets range.

  • Action
    Upload From Url

    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.

  • Action
    Upload Update File

    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.

  • Action
    Watch 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.

  • Action
    Watch File

    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.

  • Action
    Write Spreadsheet Values

    Replace values in one range of a Google spreadsheet.

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What can start an automation from Google Drive?

Any of Google Drive's 7 triggers in the catalog, including Comment Added (Docs/Sheets/Slides), File Created, File Shared (Permissions Added) and File Updated. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.

What can your agent do in Google Drive?

Any of Google Drive's 85 actions, including Create Comment, Create File, Create File From Text and Create Folder. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.

Can I use Google Drive directly from Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor?

Yes. Connect your AI client to APIANT once and it works with Google Drive two ways. Ask it to do something in Google Drive once and it runs that action on the spot. Ask for an automation and your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running on its own. A one-off action uses your plan's tasks the same way an automation step does.

Do I need to write code against the Google Drive API?

No. APIANT connects to the Google Drive API for you, over a managed connection. Describe what you want in plain language and your agent builds it on the Google Drive triggers and actions in the catalog. If you need an endpoint that is not there yet, your agent reads the Google Drive API documentation and adds it.

Which apps can Google Drive connect to?

Any app in the catalog; the list on this page pairs Google Drive with each of them. If the other app is missing, point your agent at its API documentation and it builds the connector.

What happens when something fails?

Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships.

Is there a free plan?

Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.