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Import Google Drive documents to power agent responses. Select docs, sheets, slides, and PDFs to build knowledge from your team’s files.

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What you can do

  • Import Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, PDFs, and text files
  • Browse by All files, My Drive, Shared with me, Shared drives, or Starred
  • Multi-select documents with drag or Cmd/Ctrl+Click
  • Auto-sync document edits and updates
  • Import documents individually (no folder hierarchy preservation)

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Setup

1

Select Google Drive as your source

When adding documents to a knowledge folder, select Google Drive from the available sources.
2

Authenticate with Google

Complete the OAuth flow to grant Ravenna access to your Google Drive.
3

Select documents

Choose which documents to import using the Google Drive picker.
Learn more about managing knowledge folders

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How it works

The Google Drive picker provides flexible selection options:
  • Drag to select: Click and drag to select multiple documents at once.
  • Multi-select: Use Cmd+Click (Mac) or Ctrl+Click (Windows) to select individual documents.
  • Browse folders: Navigate through your Drive folders to find the right content.
The picker’s left pane has five tabs, so you can get to a file without remembering where it lives:Shared drives is the tab to use for team-owned content. Files that live in a shared drive rather than in someone’s My Drive are reachable there.Every tab is filtered to the file types Ravenna can import, so anything you can see you can select.
Import various Google Drive file types:
  • Google Docs
  • Google Sheets
  • Google Slides
  • PDFs
  • Text files
  • Other common document formats
Unlike other knowledge sources, Google Drive documents are imported individually and do not preserve folder hierarchy. Each document is imported as a standalone item in your knowledge base.
To maintain organization, consider organizing documents into separate knowledge folders that mirror your Google Drive structure.

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Managing imported content

After import:
  • Archive documents to exclude them from agent responses.
  • Delete documents that are no longer needed.
Learn more about managing documents

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Auto-sync

When auto-sync is enabled, Google Drive content stays up-to-date:
  • Document edits and updates sync to your knowledge base.
  • Deleted documents are removed from your knowledge base.
  • New documents must be manually added through the import process.
Last modified on August 4, 2026