--- title: "Connect DenserChat and Google Drive - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"When Question Processed by Your Chatbot\" fires in DenserChat, your agent runs \"Add File Sharing Preference\" in Google Drive." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/denserchat-to-google-drive" --- # Connect DenserChat and Google Drive When **When Question Processed by Your Chatbot** fires in [DenserChat](https://apiant.ai/connections/denserchat), your agent runs **Add File Sharing Preference** in [Google Drive](https://apiant.ai/connections/google-drive), or **Comment Added (Docs/Sheets/Slides)** in Google Drive to **Process Input Text** in DenserChat. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. DenserChat **1** trigger DenserChat **2** actions Google Drive **7** triggers Google Drive **41** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want DenserChat and Google Drive to do together? Give your AI client this address. `https://mcp.apiant.ai` One connection does both: ask your client to act in an app once, or have it build an automation that keeps running. Any client that takes a remote MCP server. Nothing to install. Create your free account, then sign in once in your browser. ### Set it up in your client ### Claude Code Run this in the directory you want to work in. `claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.ai` Start Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens. [Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp/claude-code) ### 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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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What DenserChat and Google Drive can do together ### From DenserChat to Google Drive - When **When Question Processed by Your Chatbot** in DenserChat then **Add File Sharing Preference** in Google Drive - When **When Question Processed by Your Chatbot** in DenserChat then **Create Comment** in Google Drive ### From Google Drive to DenserChat - When **Comment Added (Docs/Sheets/Slides)** in Google Drive then **Process Input Text** in DenserChat - When **File Created** in Google Drive then **List conversations** in DenserChat Starting points drawn from the triggers and actions in the catalog today. Describe the flow you need, at any depth, and your agent builds it and tests every scenario before it ships. Everything your agent can do with DenserChat and Google Drive ## Triggers and actions 8 triggers · 43 actions - Trigger **When Question Processed by Your Chatbot** Triggers when your chatbot processes a question, returning the conversation with its latest questions and answers. - Action **List conversations** Returns your Denser chatbot's conversations, optionally only one end user's, with their messages. - Action **Process Input Text** Sends a question to your Denser chatbot and returns its answer with the source passages it cited, optionally as one of your users and within an ongoing conversation. - 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 **Copy File** Duplicates an existing file in google drive, identified by its `file id`. - 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 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 Comment** Deletes a comment from a file. use when you need to remove a specific comment from a google drive file. - 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 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 **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 **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 **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 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 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 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 Permission** Gets a permission by id. use this tool to retrieve a specific permission for a file or shared drive. - 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 **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 **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 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 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 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 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 **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 **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 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 **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. ## Each app on its own - [ **DenserChat** DenserChat is an AI-powered chatbot trained on website or document data.](https://apiant.ai/connections/denserchat) - [ **Google Drive** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connections/google-drive) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from DenserChat - 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Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-google-drive) - [ **Pipedrive to Google Drive** Pipedrive is a sales CRM and pipeline management tool.](https://apiant.ai/connect/pipedrive-to-google-drive) - [ **ActiveCampaign to Google Drive** ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation, email marketing, and CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-google-drive) - [ **Airtable to Google Drive** Organize anything with Airtable, a modern database created for everyone.](https://apiant.ai/connect/airtable-to-google-drive) - [ **Asana to Google Drive** Asana is a collaborative information manager for workspace.](https://apiant.ai/connect/asana-to-google-drive) - [ **JIRA to Google Drive** Atlassian JIRA Cloud — issue tracking and project management.](https://apiant.ai/connect/jira-to-google-drive) Questions ## DenserChat and Google Drive, answered ### ### What can start an automation from DenserChat? Any of DenserChat's 1 trigger in the catalog, including When Question Processed by Your Chatbot. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Google Drive when something happens in DenserChat? Any of Google Drive's 41 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 it also run from Google Drive to DenserChat? Yes. When something happens in Google Drive, your agent can act in DenserChat too. This page covers both directions: Google Drive's triggers and DenserChat's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for DenserChat or Google Drive? No. Both are in the catalog with their triggers and actions. You describe the automation; your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. ### ### Can my AI client use DenserChat and Google Drive without building an automation? Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in either app 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. One connection covers both. ### ### 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.