Toolkit & Connectors
Connecting Google Drive & Docs
Overview
Connect Google Drive so Torki can create Google Docs, Sheets and Slides on your Drive, find the ones it created, and read what is in them.
Torki cannot open, read, rename, move, share or delete anything else in your Drive.
What it needs
Google Workspace is available on every plan, including Free.
Get started
1. Connect
- Open Toolkit → Connectors and click Google Workspace
- Find Google Drive & Docs and click Connect
- Sign in with your Google account and grant the requested permissions
The row lists what the grant covers: "Create files, Docs & folders", "Only touches files Torki creates — never your whole Drive" and "See your email address".
2. Create a document
Name Google Docs in the message: "Save this to Google Docs as Meeting Notes". The approval card reads Save to Google Docs, with the line save "Meeting Notes" to Google Docs.
Asking for "a document", "a report" or "a memo" keeps the work in the chat canvas instead, which you can download as PDF or Word. Say Google Docs by name if you want a file on your Drive.
3. Create a Google Slides deck
Name Google Slides: "Make this a Google Slides deck". The card reads Create presentation, with a line such as create the Google Slides deck "Q4 review" (6 slides). If you ask for a deck without naming Google Slides, Torki builds it inside Torki instead.
4. Find what Torki made
"Find the launch tracker you created for me" or "What have you created for me in Drive?" Torki lists matching files it created, up to 25.
A note above the results reads "Torki currently sees files it has created." Its Connect Files button only explains that other files need a feature that is not built yet.
5. Read what is inside
"Summarise the launch brief you made me." Torki can read the text of a Google Doc, Sheet, Slides deck or plain-text file it created — up to the first 12,000 characters. For other file types it tells you it cannot read them.
Good to know
Torki asks Google only for your account email address and the drive.file permission. In practice that means Torki can see exactly the files it created for you, and nothing else.
Files you already had in Drive are invisible to Torki and will not come back even if you give the exact file name. There is currently no way to hand Torki one of your own existing files — download it and attach it to your message instead.
Editing a document you already have is not supported; Torki creates new files only. If you want a revised version, ask Torki to write it in the chat canvas and then save that as a new Google Doc.
Finding and reading files need this row, Google Drive & Docs, specifically. Creating Docs, Sheets and Slides works with either this row or the Google Sheets row.
Controlling it
Each action is its own tool under Toolkit → Permissions: Google Docs Create, Google Slides Create, Google Drive Search and Google Drive Read.
Disconnecting
In Toolkit → Connectors → Google Workspace, click Disconnect on the Google Drive & Docs row and confirm. Torki deletes its stored token and asks Google to revoke it. Google Calendar and Google Sheets stay connected — each row has its own Disconnect button.
FAQ
I asked Torki to find a file and it found nothing.
If Torki did not create that file, it cannot see it.
Why can't Torki read my existing docs?
The permission Torki requests is deliberately narrow — it covers only files the app itself created.
Can Torki edit a doc it created earlier?
No. It can read it and create new documents, but not change one.
What happens to my files if I disconnect?
Nothing. They are yours, on your Drive, and they stay there.