--- title: "Connect Google Docs and Smartsheet via API Token - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Document Structure Changed\" fires in Google Docs, your agent runs \"Add rows\" in Smartsheet via API Token." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/google-docs-to-smartsheet-via-api-token" --- # Connect Google Docs and Smartsheet via API Token When **Document Structure Changed** fires in [Google Docs](https://apiant.ai/connections/google-docs), your agent runs **Add rows** in [Smartsheet via API Token](https://apiant.ai/connections/smartsheet-via-api-token), or **New favorite** in Smartsheet via API Token to **Create Document** in Google Docs. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Google Docs **10** triggers Google Docs **46** actions Smartsheet via API Token **9** triggers Smartsheet via API Token **94** 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 Smartsheet via API Token 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 Google Docs and Smartsheet via API Token can do together ### From Google Docs to Smartsheet via API Token - When **Document Structure Changed** in Google Docs then **Add rows** in Smartsheet via API Token - When **Document Updated** in Google Docs then **Create a discussion on a row** in Smartsheet via API Token ### From Smartsheet via API Token to Google Docs - When **New favorite** in Smartsheet via API Token then **Create Document** in Google Docs - When **New row** in Smartsheet via API Token then **Create Document Markdown** in Google Docs 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 Smartsheet via API Token ## Triggers and actions 19 triggers · 140 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 And Populate Table** Creates a new table in a Google Document and populates its cells with provided text data in a single operation. Use this action when you need to insert a structured table with predefined content into a document. The action handles both table creation and cell population automatically, eliminating the need for separate operations. - 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 **Create Tab** Creates a new tab in a Google Docs document. Tabs allow you to organize document content into separate sections within a single document. Use this action when you need to add a new organizational tab to a document. When a tab is added at a specified index, all subsequent tabs' indexes are automatically incremented. - 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 Tab** Deletes a tab from a Google Document. This action is irreversible — the tab cannot be recovered once removed. Use when you need to remove a tab and all its child tabs from a document's tab structure. - 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 **Export Document As Pdf** Tool to export a Google Docs file as PDF using the Google Drive API. Use when you need to generate a PDF version of a Google Docs document for download or distribution. Note: Google Drive enforces a 10MB limit on export content. - Action **Get Docs Drive File Metadata** Get selected metadata fields for one Google Drive file by ID. - Action **Get Docs Spreadsheet Values** Read cell values from one range in a Google Sheets spreadsheet. - Action **Get Document By Id** Retrieves an existing google document by its id; will error if the document is not found. - Action **Get Document End Index** Retrieves the end index and paragraph structure of a Google Document or specific segment. Use this action when you need to determine valid insertion points for text operations, especially before using insertText requests. The end index represents the maximum boundary of the document body or specified segment (header, footer, footnote, or tab). - Action **Get Document Plaintext** Retrieve a Google Doc by ID and return a best-effort plain-text rendering. Converts document structure into plain text including paragraphs, lists, and tables without requiring clients to traverse complex Docs API JSON. - Action **Insert Image In Table Cell** Inserts an image from a given URI into a specific table cell in a Google Document. Use this action when you need to add an image to a particular cell within a table. The action identifies the target cell by table start index, row index, and column index, then inserts the image at the specified position within that cell's content. - 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 Table Row** Inserts a new row into a table in a Google Document at a specified location. Use this action when you need to add a row to an existing table, either above or below a reference cell 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 **Insert Text In Table Cell** Inserts text into a specific cell of a table in a Google Document by row and column position. Use this action when you need to add or update text content in a table cell at a known row and column index. To use this action, you must first retrieve the document structure using GOOGLEDOCS_GET_DOCUMENT_BY_ID to find the table's start index. Then specify the target cell by its zero-based row and column indices (e.g., row_index=0, column_index=0 for the top-left cell). - Action **List Drive Item Permissions** List permissions for a Google Drive file, folder, or shared drive. - Action **List Spreadsheet Charts** Tool to retrieve a list of all charts from a specified Google Sheets spreadsheet. Use when you need to get chart IDs and their specifications for embedding or referencing elsewhere, such as in Google Docs. - 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 Section Markdown** Tool to insert or replace a section of a Google Docs document with Markdown content. Use when you need to update only a section of a document by specifying start and optional end indices. Supports full Markdown formatting. - 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 **Update Tab Properties** Updates properties of a document tab such as title, parent tab, index, and icon emoji. Use this action when you need to rename a tab, change its emoji icon, move it within the tab hierarchy, or reorganize tab structure. - Action **Upload Drive File** Upload a file of 5 MiB or less to Google Drive using multipart upload. - Trigger **List contacts** List contacts - Trigger **List dashboards** List dashboards - Trigger **List org groups** List org groups - Trigger **List reports** List reports - Trigger **List sheets** List sheets - Trigger **List workspaces** List workspaces - Trigger **New favorite** Triggers when a new item is added to your favorites. - Trigger **New row** Polling trigger: fires when a new row is added to the specified sheet. Each row carries a stable id for deduplication. - Trigger **New search result** Triggers when a new item matches your search query. - Action **Add columns** Add columns - Action **Add favorites** Add favorites - Action **Add image to cell** Add image to cell - Action **Add rows** Add one or more rows to a sheet. Provide an array of row objects with cells. - Action **Add summary fields** Add summary fields - Action **Attach file or URL to comment** Attach file or URL to comment - Action **Attach file or URL to row** Attach file or URL to row - Action **Attach file or URL to sheet** Attach file or URL to sheet - Action **Attach new version** Attach new version - Action **Copy folder** Copy folder - Action **Copy rows to another sheet** Copy rows to another sheet - Action **Copy sheet** Copy sheet - Action **Copy workspace** Copy workspace - Action **Create a comment** Create a comment - Action **Create a discussion on a row** Create a discussion on a row - Action **Create an update request** Create an update request - Action **Create cross-sheet references** Create cross-sheet references - Action **Create discussion** Create discussion - Action **Create folder** Create a folder in the user's Home. - Action **Create folder in workspace** Create folder in workspace - Action **Create proof** Create proof - Action **Create proof discussion** Create proof discussion - Action **Create proof request** Create proof request - Action **Create sheet** Creates a new sheet with the given name and columns in the user's home "Sheets" area. To create a sheet inside a specific folder or workspace, use Create sheet in folder or Create sheet in workspace. - Action **Create sheet in folder** Create sheet in folder - Action **Create sheet in workspace** Create sheet in workspace - Action **Create workspace** Create workspace - Action **Delete a comment** Delete a comment - Action **Delete a discussion** Delete a discussion - Action **Delete an update request** Delete an update request - Action **Delete attachment** Delete attachment - Action **Delete column** Delete column - Action **Delete favorites** Removes one or more objects of a given type from the user's Smartsheet favorites. Accepts a single object ID or a comma-separated list. - Action **Delete folder** Delete folder - Action **Delete report** Delete report - Action **Delete rows** Delete rows - Action **Delete sent update request** Delete sent update request - Action **Delete sheet** Delete a sheet by id. - Action **Delete summary fields** Delete summary fields - Action **Delete workspace** Delete workspace - Action **Edit a comment** Edit a comment - Action **Get a comment** Get a comment - Action **Get an update request** Get an update request - Action **Get attachment** Get attachment - Action **Get column** Get column - Action **Get contact** Get contact - Action **Get cross-sheet reference** Get cross-sheet reference - Action **Get discussion** Get discussion - Action **Get folder metadata** Get folder metadata - Action **Get proof** Get proof - Action **Get report** Get report - Action **Get row** Get a single row from a sheet by row id. - Action **Get sent update request** Get sent update request - Action **Get sheet** Get a sheet by id, including its rows and columns. - Action **Get sheet summary** Get sheet summary - Action **Get summary fields** Get summary fields - Action **Get user** Get user - Action **Get workspace** Retrieves a Smartsheet workspace by ID, including its sheets, folders, reports, sights, templates, permalink, and access level. - Action **Is favorite** Is favorite - Action **List attachments** List attachments - Action **List columns** List all columns of a sheet. - Action **List contents** List contents - Action **List cross-sheet references** List cross-sheet references - Action **List discussion attachments** List discussion attachments - Action **List discussions** List discussions - Action **List discussions with a row** List discussions with a row - Action **List folder children** List folder children - Action **List folders** List the folders in the user's Home. - Action **List proof attachments** List proof attachments - Action **List proofs** List proofs - Action **List row attachments** List row attachments - Action **List sheet rows** Convenience read: returns the rows of a sheet (the full sheet object with rows and columns). - Action **List sheets** List all sheets the user has access to. - Action **Lists sent update requests** Lists sent update requests - Action **List update requests** List update requests - Action **List workspace children** List workspace children - Action **List workspaces** List all workspaces the user has access to. - Action **Move folder** Move folder - Action **Move rows to another sheet** Move rows to another sheet - Action **Move sheet** Move sheet - Action **Search** Search across all sheets the user can access for the given text. - Action **Search sheet** Search a specific sheet for the given text. - Action **Send report via email** Send report via email - Action **Send rows via email** Send rows via email - Action **Send sheet via email** Send sheet via email - Action **Sort rows in sheet** Sort rows in sheet - Action **Update an update request** Update an update request - Action **Update column** Update column - Action **Update folder** Update folder - Action **Update proof status** Update proof status - Action **Update rows** Update one or more existing rows in a sheet. Provide an array of row objects each with an id and cells. - Action **Update sheet** Update sheet - Action **Update summary fields** Update summary fields - Action **Update workspace** Update workspace ## 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) - [ **Smartsheet via API Token** Smartsheet is a work management and collaboration platform.](https://apiant.ai/connections/smartsheet-via-api-token) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Google Docs - [ **Google Docs to Google Drive** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-docs-to-google-drive) - [ **Google Docs to Contentful** Contentful is a headless CMS allowing developers to create, manage, and distribute content across multiple...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-docs-to-contentful) - [ **Google Docs to Minecraft Server Status** Minecraft Server Status pings a Minecraft server address and reports what it finds.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-docs-to-minecraft-server-status) - [ **Google Docs to Mistral AI** Mistral AI is a platform for building, customizing, and deploying advanced AI models and agents for...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-docs-to-mistral-ai) - [ **Google Docs to Onepage** Onepage helps you build landing pages in minutes.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-docs-to-onepage) - [ **Google Docs to Raider** Raider.IO scores and ranks World of Warcraft characters and guilds on Mythic+ dungeon and raid progression.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-docs-to-raider) ## More into Smartsheet via API Token - [ **Emailchef to Smartsheet via API Token** Emailchef is an email marketing platform that allows you to create, send and analyze mass emails and...](https://apiant.ai/connect/emailchef-to-smartsheet-via-api-token) - [ **HubSpot to Smartsheet via API Token** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-smartsheet-via-api-token) - [ **Salesforce to Smartsheet via API Token** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-smartsheet-via-api-token) - [ **Google Sheets to Smartsheet via API Token** Google Sheets is Google's online spreadsheet app for creating, editing and sharing spreadsheets.](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-smartsheet-via-api-token) - [ **Google Drive to Smartsheet via API Token** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-smartsheet-via-api-token) - [ **Mailchimp to Smartsheet via API Token** Mailchimp marketing automation and email platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/mailchimp-to-smartsheet-via-api-token) Questions ## Google Docs and Smartsheet via API Token, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Google Docs? Any of Google Docs's 10 triggers in the catalog, including Document Structure Changed, Document Updated, New Document Added and New Document Created. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Smartsheet via API Token when something happens in Google Docs? Any of Smartsheet via API Token's 94 actions, including Create a comment, Create a discussion on a row, Create an update request and Create cross-sheet references. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Smartsheet via API Token to Google Docs? Yes. When something happens in Smartsheet via API Token, your agent can act in Google Docs too. This page covers both directions: Smartsheet via API Token's triggers and Google Docs's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Google Docs or Smartsheet via API Token? 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 Google Docs and Smartsheet via API Token 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.