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Google Docs toolkit connects Arcade to the Google Docs and Drive APIs, enabling LLMs to create, read, edit, search, and annotate Docs documents on behalf of authenticated users.
Capabilities
- Document creation — create blank documents or documents pre-populated with plain text or Markdown (headings, bold, italic, lists auto-formatted).
- Document reading — retrieve full document content in DocMD format (block IDs, character indices, text styles, tab structure) or metadata-only (title, ID, URL, character counts, tab hierarchy).
- Structured editing — apply
batchUpdaterequests using DocMD indices to make precise in-place edits; append text to the end of a document. - Search & discovery — search Google Drive for Docs by query, returning metadata only or combined metadata + body content; trash is always excluded.
- Comments — add new comments to a document and list all existing comments.
- Identity & access — inspect the authenticated user's profile and permissions; generate a Google Drive inline file picker URL so users can grant the app access to specific files when a prior tool reported not-found or access-denied.
OAuth
This toolkit uses OAuth 2.0 via the Arcade Google provider. Arcade manages token acquisition and refresh; no manual credential handling is required.
Secrets
ENABLE_GOOGLE_DRIVE_INLINE_PICKER_URL — an API key that gates the GoogleDocs.GenerateGoogleFilePickerUrl tool. This key enables the embedded Google Drive file picker flow, which lets users grant the application access to specific Drive files without a full re-auth. To obtain it, contact Arcade support or retrieve it from your Arcade dashboard once the feature is provisioned for your account.
For general guidance on configuring secrets in Arcade, see the Tool Secrets docs.
Available tools(13)
13 of 13 tools
Operations
Behavior
| Tool name | Description | Secrets | |
|---|---|---|---|
Comment on a specific document by its ID. | 1 | ||
Create a blank Google Docs document with the specified title. | |||
Create a Google Docs document with the specified title and text content.
When input_format is MARKDOWN, the text_content is parsed as Markdown and the resulting
document is formatted with headings, bold, italic, bullet lists, and numbered lists. | |||
Read or edit a Google Docs document using structured batchUpdate requests.
When called without requests, returns the document content in DocMD format (block IDs,
character indices, and text styles). When called with requests, applies the edits and
returns the updated DocMD. Use the DocMD indices from the response to construct
requests for subsequent calls. | 1 | ||
Generate a URL where the user can grant this app access to specific Drive files.
Opens Google's first-party Drive picker. The user selects which files to share
with this application — it is not a sign-in or credential prompt.
Use this when a prior tool reported that a file was not found or access was denied,
and the user expects the file to exist. After the user completes the picker flow,
retry the prior tool. | |||
Get the latest version of the specified Google Docs document as DocMD.
The DocMD output will include tags that can be used to annotate the document with location
information, the type of block, block IDs, and other metadata. If the document has tabs,
all tabs are included in sequential order unless a specific tab_id is provided. | 1 | ||
DEPRECATED DO NOT USE THIS TOOL
Get the latest version of the specified Google Docs document. | 1 | ||
Get metadata for a Google Docs document including hierarchical tab structure.
Returns document title, ID, URL, total character count, and nested tab information
with character counts for each tab. | 1 | ||
Updates an existing Google Docs document using the batchUpdate API endpoint. | 1 | ||
List all comments on the specified Google Docs document. | 1 | ||
Searches for documents in the user's Google Drive and returns documents with their main body
content and tab metadata. Excludes documents that are in the trash.
Returns main body content only with metadata about tabs. Use get_document_as_docmd() to retrieve
full tab content for specific documents. Use search_documents() for metadata-only searches. | 1 | ||
Searches for documents in the user's Google Drive. Excludes documents in trash.
Returns metadata only. Use get_document_metadata or get_document_as_docmd for content. | 1 | ||
Get comprehensive user profile and Google Docs environment information.
This tool provides detailed information about the authenticated user including
their name, email, profile picture, Google Docs access permissions, and other
important profile details from Google services. |
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