Google Docs
Google Docs is a cloud-based word processor with real-time collaboration, version history, and integration with other Google Workspace apps
What your agent can do with Google Docs
Triggers and actions 10 triggers · 30 actions
- TriggerDocument Deleted
Triggers when an existing Google Doc is deleted (moved to trash). This trigger monitors Google Docs and fires when documents are trashed.
- TriggerDocument 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.
- TriggerDocument 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.
- TriggerDocument 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
- TriggerDocument Updated
Triggers when an existing Google Doc is updated or modified. This trigger monitors Google Docs and fires when documents are updated.
- TriggerDocument 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.
- TriggerKeyword 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.
- TriggerNew Document Added
Triggers when a new Google Doc is added/created. This trigger monitors Google Docs and fires when new documents are detected.
- TriggerNew 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.
- TriggerNew 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.
- ActionCopy 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.
- ActionCreate 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).
- ActionCreate Document Markdown
Creates a new google docs document, optionally initializing it with a title and content provided as markdown text.
- ActionCreate 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.
- ActionCreate 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.
- ActionCreate 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.
- ActionCreate 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.
- ActionCreate 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.
- ActionDelete 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.
- ActionDelete 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.
- ActionDelete 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.
- ActionDelete 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.
- ActionDelete 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.
- ActionDelete 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.
- ActionDelete 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.
- ActionDelete 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.
- ActionGet Document By Id
Retrieves an existing google document by its id; will error if the document is not found.
- ActionInsert 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.
- ActionInsert 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.
- ActionInsert 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.
- ActionInsert 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.
- ActionInsert 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.
- ActionReplace 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.
- ActionReplace 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.
- ActionSearch Documents
Search for google documents using various filters including name, content, date ranges, and more.
- ActionUnmerge 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.
- ActionUpdate Document Markdown
Replaces the entire content of an existing google docs document with new markdown text; requires edit permissions for the document.
- ActionUpdate 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.
- ActionUpdate Existing Document
Applies programmatic edits, such as text insertion, deletion, or formatting, to a specified google doc using the `batchupdate` api method.
- ActionUpdate 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.
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