# Connect Google Docs to Microsoft Excel When **Document Structure Changed** fires in [Google Docs](https://apiant.ai/connections/google-docs), your agent runs **Add Table Row** in [Microsoft Excel](https://apiant.ai/connections/microsoft-excel). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Google Docs **10** triggers Google Docs **30** actions Microsoft Excel **49** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Google Docs and Microsoft Excel to do together? Give your AI client this address. `https://mcp.apiant.ai` 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. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Cursor Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Zed Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### 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. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Any other MCP client 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. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Google Docs can start in Microsoft Excel - When **Document Structure Changed** in Google Docs then **Add Table Row** in Microsoft Excel - When **Document Updated** in Google Docs then **Add Chart** in Microsoft Excel 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 Google Docs and Microsoft Excel ## Triggers and actions 10 triggers · 79 actions - Trigger **Document Deleted** Triggers when an existing Google Doc is deleted (moved to trash). This trigger monitors Google Docs and fires when documents are trashed. - Trigger **Document Placeholder Filled** Triggers when a Google Doc's plain text changes such that a configured placeholder token/pattern is no longer present (i.e., the document has been filled in). This trigger monitors a specific Google Doc and fires when a placeholder pattern that was previously present is no longer found in the document's plain text. - Trigger **Document Search Update** Triggers when a Google Doc matching a user-defined search query is newly created or updated since the last poll. This trigger uses timestamp filtering to efficiently monitor documents. - Trigger **Document Structure Changed** Triggers when a Google Doc's structure changes (headers/footers added/removed, tables/images count changes). This trigger monitors a specific document for structural changes like: - Headers added or removed - Footers added or removed - Tables added or removed - Images (inline objects) added or removed - Positioned objects added or removed - Footnotes added or removed - Trigger **Document Updated** Triggers when an existing Google Doc is updated or modified. This trigger monitors Google Docs and fires when documents are updated. - Trigger **Document Word Count Threshold** Triggers when a Google Doc's word/character count crosses a user-defined threshold. This trigger monitors a specific Google Doc and fires when its word or character count becomes greater than or equal to the configured threshold value. - Trigger **Keyword Detected in Document** Triggers when a specific keyword or phrase first appears in a Google Doc. This trigger monitors a Google Doc and fires once when the specified keyword is detected. After the keyword is found, the trigger will not fire again until reset. - Trigger **New Document Added** Triggers when a new Google Doc is added/created. This trigger monitors Google Docs and fires when new documents are detected. - Trigger **New Document Created** Triggers when a new Google Doc is created. This trigger monitors Google Docs and fires when new documents are detected. Uses timestamp filtering to efficiently poll for new documents. - Trigger **New Folder Created in Root** Triggers when a new folder is created in the root folder of Google Drive. This trigger monitors Google Drive and fires when new folders are detected in the root directory. - Action **Copy Document** Tool to create a copy of an existing google document. use this to duplicate a document, for example, when using an existing document as a template. the copied document will have a default title (e.g., 'copy of [original title]') if no new title is provided, and will be placed in the user's root google drive folder. - Action **Create Document** Creates a new google docs document using the provided title as filename and inserts the initial text at the beginning if non-empty, returning the document's id and metadata (excluding body content). - Action **Create Document Markdown** Creates a new google docs document, optionally initializing it with a title and content provided as markdown text. - Action **Create Footer** Tool to create a new footer in a google document. use when you need to add a footer, optionally specifying its type and the section it applies to. - Action **Create Footnote** Tool to create a new footnote in a google document. use this when you need to add a footnote at a specific location or at the end of the document body. - Action **Create Header** Tool to create a new header in a google document. use this tool when you need to add a header to a document, optionally specifying the section it applies to. - Action **Create Named Range** Tool to create a new named range in a google document. use this to assign a name to a specific part of the document for easier reference or programmatic manipulation. - Action **Create Paragraph Bullets** Tool to add bullets to paragraphs within a specified range in a google document. use when you need to format a list or a set of paragraphs as bullet points. - Action **Delete Content Range** Tool to delete a range of content from a google document. use when you need to remove a specific portion of text or other structural elements within a document. - Action **Delete Footer** Tool to delete a footer from a google document. use when you need to remove a footer from a specific section or the default footer. - Action **Delete Header** Deletes the header from the specified section or the default header if no section is specified. use this tool to remove a header from a google document. - Action **Delete Named Range** Tool to delete a named range from a google document. use when you need to remove a previously defined named range by its id or name. - Action **Delete Paragraph Bullets** Tool to remove bullets from paragraphs within a specified range in a google document. use when you need to clear bullet formatting from a section of a document. - Action **Delete Table** Tool to delete an entire table from a google document. use when you have the document id and the specific start and end index of the table element to be removed. the table's range can be found by inspecting the document's content structure. - Action **Delete Table Column** Tool to delete a column from a table in a google document. use this tool when you need to remove a specific column from an existing table within a document. - Action **Delete Table Row** Tool to delete a row from a table in a google document. use when you need to remove a specific row from an existing table. - Action **Get Document By Id** Retrieves an existing google document by its id; will error if the document is not found. - Action **Insert Inline Image** Tool to insert an image from a given uri at a specified location in a google document as an inline image. use when you need to add an image to a document programmatically. - Action **Insert Page Break** Tool to insert a page break into a google document. use when you need to start new content on a fresh page, such as at the end of a chapter or section. - Action **Insert Table Action** Tool to insert a table into a google document. use when you need to add a new table at a specific location or at the end of a segment (like document body, header, or footer) in a document. - Action **Insert Table Column** Tool to insert a new column into a table in a google document. use this tool when you need to add a column to an existing table at a specific location. - Action **Insert Text Action** Tool to insert a string of text at a specified location within a google document. use when you need to add new text content to an existing document. - Action **Replace All Text** Tool to replace all occurrences of a specified text string with another text string throughout a google document. use when you need to perform a global find and replace operation within a document. - Action **Replace Image** Tool to replace a specific image in a document with a new image from a uri. use when you need to update an existing image within a google doc. - Action **Search Documents** Search for google documents using various filters including name, content, date ranges, and more. - Action **Unmerge Table Cells** Tool to unmerge previously merged cells in a table. use this when you need to revert merged cells in a google document table back to their individual cell states. - Action **Update Document Markdown** Replaces the entire content of an existing google docs document with new markdown text; requires edit permissions for the document. - Action **Update Document Style** Tool to update the overall document style, such as page size, margins, and default text direction. use when you need to modify the global style settings of a google document. - Action **Update Existing Document** Applies programmatic edits, such as text insertion, deletion, or formatting, to a specified google doc using the `batchupdate` api method. - Action **Update Table Row Style** Tool to update the style of a table row in a google document. use when you need to modify the appearance of specific rows within a table, such as setting minimum row height or marking rows as headers. - Action **Add Chart** Add a chart to a worksheet using microsoft graph api. - Action **Add Sharepoint Worksheet** Add a new worksheet to a sharepoint excel workbook using microsoft graph sites api. - Action **Add Table** Create a table over a range in an Excel workbook. - Action **Add Table Column** Add a column to a table using microsoft graph api. - Action **Add Table Row** Add a row to a table using microsoft graph api. - Action **Add Workbook Permission** Tool to grant access to a workbook via invite. use when you need to share a specific workbook file with designated recipients and roles. - Action **Add Worksheet** Add a new worksheet to an excel workbook using microsoft graph api. - Action **Apply Table Filter** Apply a filter to a table column using microsoft graph api. - Action **Apply Table Sort** Apply a sort to a table using microsoft graph api. - Action **Clear Range** Tool to clear values, formats, or contents in a specified worksheet range. use when you need to reset cells before adding new data. - Action **Clear Table Filter** Clear a filter from a table column using microsoft graph api. - Action **Close Session** Tool to close an existing excel workbook session. use when you need to explicitly end a persistent session to release workbook locks. - Action **Convert Table To Range** Convert a table to a range using microsoft graph api. - Action **Create Workbook** Create an.xlsx workbook in the user's OneDrive, from a file URL or blank. - Action **Delete Table Column** Delete a column from a table using microsoft graph api. - Action **Delete Table Row** Delete a row from a table using microsoft graph api. - Action **Delete Worksheet** Tool to delete a worksheet from the workbook. use when cleaning up unused or temporary sheets after verifying no dependencies exist. example: "delete 'sheet2' after review." - Action **Get Chart Axis** Tool to retrieve a specific axis from a chart. use when you need properties like min, max, interval, and formatting of the chart axis. - Action **Get Chart Data Labels** Tool to retrieve the data labels object of a chart. use when you need to inspect label settings like position, separator, and visibility flags after creating or updating a chart. - Action **Get Chart Legend** Tool to retrieve the legend object of a chart. use after creating or updating a chart when you need to inspect legend visibility and formatting. - Action **Get Range** Get a range from a worksheet using microsoft graph api. - Action **Get Session** Create a session for an excel workbook using microsoft graph api. - Action **Get Sharepoint Range** Get a range from a worksheet in sharepoint using microsoft graph sites api. - Action **Get Sharepoint Worksheet** Get a worksheet by name or id from a sharepoint excel workbook using microsoft graph sites api. - Action **Get Table Column** Tool to retrieve a specific column from a workbook table. use when you need to fetch column properties and data by its id or name. - Action **Get Workbook** Tool to retrieve the properties and relationships of a workbook. use when you need to inspect comments, names, tables, or worksheets. - Action **Get Worksheet** Get a worksheet by name or id from an excel workbook using microsoft graph api. - Action **Insert Range** Tool to insert a new cell range into a worksheet, shifting existing cells down or right. use when you need to create space for new content without overwriting. - Action **List Charts** List charts in a worksheet using microsoft graph api. - Action **List Chart Series** Tool to list all data series in a chart. use when you need to enumerate chart series for further analysis. - Action **List Comments** Tool to list comments in an excel workbook. use when you need to retrieve all workbook comments via microsoft graph api. - Action **List Files** List files and folders in a drive root or specified path. - Action **List Named Items** List named items in a workbook using microsoft graph api. - Action **List Sharepoint Tables** List tables in a sharepoint worksheet using microsoft graph sites api. - Action **List Sharepoint Worksheets** List worksheets in an excel workbook stored in sharepoint using microsoft graph sites api. - Action **List Table Columns** List columns in a table using microsoft graph api. - Action **List Table Rows** List rows in a table using microsoft graph api. - Action **List Tables** List tables in a worksheet using microsoft graph api. - Action **List Workbook Permissions** Tool to list permissions set on the workbook file. use when you need to see which users or links have access to a specific excel file by supplying its drive and item ids. example: "list permissions for workbook with drive id 'b!abc123' and item id '0123456789abcdef'." - Action **List Worksheets** List worksheets in an excel workbook using microsoft graph api. - Action **Merge Cells** Merge cells in a worksheet range using microsoft graph api. - Action **Protect Worksheet** Tool to protect a worksheet using optional protection options. use when you need to prevent editing certain parts of a sheet before sharing. example: "protect 'sheet1' to lock formatting and sorting." - Action **Sort Range** Sort a range in a worksheet using microsoft graph api. - Action **Update Chart** Update a chart in a worksheet using microsoft graph api. - Action **Update Chart Legend** Tool to update formatting or position of a chart legend. use when adjusting legend settings after confirming chart and worksheet exist. - Action **Update Range** Update a range in a worksheet using microsoft graph api. - Action **Update Sharepoint Range** Update a range in a sharepoint worksheet using microsoft graph sites api. - Action **Update Table** Update a table in a workbook using microsoft graph api. - Action **Update Worksheet** Update worksheet properties (name, position) in an excel workbook using microsoft graph api. ## Each app on its own - [ **Google Docs** Google Docs is a cloud-based word processor with real-time collaboration, version history, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connections/google-docs) - [ **Microsoft Excel** Microsoft Excel is a powerful spreadsheet application for data analysis, calculations, and visualization...](https://apiant.ai/connections/microsoft-excel) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Google Docs - 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Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Microsoft Excel when something happens in Google Docs? Any of Microsoft Excel's 49 actions, including Create Workbook, Update Chart, Update Chart Legend and Update Range. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Microsoft Excel to Google Docs? Microsoft Excel has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Google Docs. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Microsoft Excel's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Google Docs or Microsoft Excel? 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. ### ### 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.