Knowledge Bases

Google Drive AI Integration

Index Google Docs and Drive folders for AI-assisted answers

What is it?

About Google Drive

Google Drive is the cloud storage and collaboration platform used by Google Workspace organizations. Teams store meeting notes, internal guides, project specs, and policy documents in Google Docs, making Drive a critical knowledge source for AI assistants.

Integration capabilities

How BeforeQuery works with Google Drive

Everything you can do once the Google Drive integration is connected.

Google Docs content extraction

BeforeQuery extracts formatted text content from Google Docs, preserving headings and structure for accurate chunking and retrieval.

Folder-scoped indexing

Point BeforeQuery at a specific Drive folder. It indexes all supported files inside, including nested sub-folders.

Scheduled sync

Sync Drive content on a regular schedule. When a team updates a Google Doc, the next sync picks up the change automatically.

Shared Drive support

Index content from Google Shared Drives (formerly Team Drives) in addition to personal Drive folders.

Setup

How to connect Google Drive

Step 01
Add a Google Drive source in BeforeQuery and authenticate with your Google Workspace account via OAuth.
Step 02
Select the folders or specific files you want BeforeQuery to index.
Step 03
Configure a sync schedule. BeforeQuery will re-index the selected folders regularly to capture new and updated files.

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Google Drive — Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about connecting BeforeQuery to Google Drive.

Yes. BeforeQuery can index content from Google Shared Drives (formerly Team Drives) in addition to personal Drive folders. This is especially useful for organizations that store their shared documentation in Shared Drives accessible to all team members.

BeforeQuery indexes Google Docs (full text content) and text-rich Google Sheets. Binary files such as images, PDFs without text layers, and non-text file formats are skipped. Google Slides support is on the roadmap.

Yes. You select specific folders during source configuration. BeforeQuery only indexes files inside those folders and their sub-folders. You do not need to grant access to your entire Drive.

BeforeQuery uses a configured sync schedule to periodically re-index your selected Drive folders. On each sync run, it checks file modification timestamps and only re-processes documents that have changed since the last sync.

You control visibility. Map your Google Drive source to a restricted BeforeQuery collection to ensure the indexed content only appears in your employee portal, not in public-facing customer widgets.

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