Google Docs for AI agents

Google Docs is a cloud word processor with real-time collaboration and version history, part of Google Workspace. Office and operations staff use it to keep documents moving without manual reformatting. Connect it once through Arc0, and your agent, or Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor, can use it through one MCP endpoint, limited to what each user approved.

Connect Google Docs See the 43 actions ↓

DocumentsOAuth 2.0MCP + RESTdocs.google.com

AUDIT LOG · GOOGLE DOCSPOLICY: acme-support

09:41:07 · claude · u_8f2read

google_docs.list_spreadsheet_charts

Get Charts from Spreadsheet✓ allowed · 212ms

09:41:08 · claude · u_8f2read

google_docs.search_documents

Search Documents✓ allowed · 164ms

09:41:09 · claude · u_8f2write

google_docs.create_tab

Create Document Tab✓ approved · approved by user

09:41:12 · claude · u_8f2destructive

google_docs.delete_tab

Delete Tab✕ blocked · policy: deny

EVERY GOOGLE DOCS CALL, ON THE RECORD

01 · USE CASES

What agents do in Google Docs.

Draft a document from notes

Create a new document and insert formatted text from a set of meeting notes.

Read a document's contents

Pull the plain text of an existing doc to summarize it or answer a question about it.

Insert a table into a doc

Insert and populate a table in a document to lay out a comparison for a proposal.

02 · ACTIONS

43 Google Docs actions, graded by risk.

Every Google Docs action is tagged read, write or destructive, so one policy covers the whole app and new actions inherit the right default.

read

Look things up. Allowed by default.

google_docs.search_documents
Search Documents
google_docs.get_document_by_id
Get document by id
google_docs.get_document_end_index
Get Document End Index
google_docs.get_document_plaintext
Get document plain text
google_docs.list_spreadsheet_charts
Get Charts from Spreadsheet
google_docs.export_document_as_pdf
Export Google Doc as PDF

write

Create and change things. Allow, or ask the user first.

google_docs.create_tab
Create Document Tab
google_docs.create_footer
Create Footer
google_docs.create_header
Create Header
google_docs.create_document
Create a document
google_docs.create_footnote
Create Footnote
google_docs.create_document2
Create blank document (Deprecated)
google_docs.create_named_range
Create Named Range
google_docs.update_document_batch
Update Document Batch (Deprecated)
google_docs.update_document_style
Update Document Style
google_docs.update_tab_properties
Update Tab Properties
google_docs.update_table_row_style
Update Table Row Style
google_docs.create_document_markdown
Create Document Markdown
google_docs.create_paragraph_bullets
Create Paragraph Bullets
google_docs.update_document_markdown
Update Document Markdown
google_docs.update_existing_document
Update existing document
google_docs.create_and_populate_table
Create and Populate Table in Google Doc

+ 13 MORE

destructive

Delete, cancel or archive. Ask first, or deny outright.

google_docs.delete_tab
Delete Tab
google_docs.delete_footer
Delete Footer
google_docs.delete_header
Delete Header
google_docs.delete_table_row
Delete Table Row
google_docs.delete_named_range
Delete Named Range
google_docs.delete_table_column
Delete Table Column
google_docs.delete_content_range
Delete Content Range in Document
google_docs.delete_paragraph_bullets
Delete Paragraph Bullets

03 · HOW IT WORKS

Google Docs in three steps.

01Your users connect Google DocsThey sign in to Google Docs on Arc0 Connect, under your brand, and approve the access you ask for.
02You set the rulesReads run, writes like “create Document Tab” can wait for the user, and “delete Tab” can be denied outright.
03Any agent can actYour agent calls Google Docs through the Arc0 SDK or MCP, and so can Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor. Every call lands on the audit log.

POLICY.TS

await arc0.policies.set('google_docs', {
  read: 'allow',
  write: 'ask',        // create_tab
  destructive: 'deny',  // delete_tab
})

# Claude Code: the same connection, one URL
$ claude mcp add --transport http arc0 \
    https://mcp.arc0.ai/u/u_8f2

04 · AUTH AND DATA

How Google Docs connects.

Users sign in to Google Docs on Arc0 Connect and approve the scopes you request. Build with Arc0’s Google Docs OAuth app, or bring your own so the Google Docs consent screen names you. Tokens refresh automatically, and you can export them whenever you want.

The same Google Docs connection serves your agent over MCP and your own backend over REST and the proxy, so a user connects once. How Arc0 handles credentials →

AUTH: OAuth 2.0
CREDENTIALS: Per-tenant encrypted vault
MODEL SEES: Results only, never credentials
AUDIT LOG: Every call, on every plan

05 · WORKS WITH

Use Google Docs from any agent.

Claude

ChatGPT

Cursor

Codex

VS Code

OpenAI Agents SDK

Claude Agent SDK

Vercel AI SDK

Mastra

LangGraph

06 · RELATED

Google Docs and Arc0, answered.

Q01

Can I use Google Docs with Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor?

Yes. Connect Google Docs to Arc0 once, then add your Arc0 MCP URL to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Claude Code or any other remote-MCP client. Each assistant only gets the Google Docs actions you allow.

Q02

How do users connect Google Docs?

Q03

Which Google Docs actions can my agent take?

43 in total: 6 read, 29 write and 8 destructive, such as “create Document Tab”. Your policies decide which of them each agent may call.

Q04

Can I stop my agent from deleting things in Google Docs?

Yes. Actions like “delete Tab” are graded destructive. Set destructive actions to deny, or to ask so the user approves each one, and blocked calls still show up on the audit log.

Q05

Can my own backend call Google Docs too?

Yes. The same Google Docs connection is available over REST and through the Arc0 proxy, so your product and your agent share one connection per user.

Get started

Plug Google Docs into your agent.

Your users connect Google Docs once, under your brand. Your agent gets 43 actions behind your policies, with every call on the record.

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