an account manager
A contract answer, without opening the PDF.
whyThe notice period is on page twelve.
asksWhat notice period does the Northwind contract give?
instibrain / works with / google drive
Your Drive and shared drives, as you.
Real files go through the Drive folder on your computer. Search, sharing and shared drives go through a script you deploy in your own account.
team/tools/google-drive/google-drive.md your account's drivesasked · an exampleCopy the Acme folder into the Clients shared drive.
the AI, from the pageCopied Acme, 14 folders and 212 files, into Shared drives/Clients/. The copies have new ids and no sharing.
who uses it, and why
Who hands Drive to the AI.
Files to read, sharing to check, drives to set up.
the office manager
Who can see a file, answered.
whyThe salaries sheet may be shared too widely.
asksWho is the salaries sheet shared with?
an IT lead
A team's folders in their own shared drive.
whyDrive will not move a folder into a shared drive.
asksMake a Sales shared drive, and copy the Sales folder into it.
what you can ask
Your AI reads your files, checks who sees them, and sets up shared drives.
The folder handles real files; on Linux, which has no Drive app, your script does. Search, sharing and shared drives go through the script.
Read, write, move, rename
PDFs, images and archives, as plain files in the folder.
Search all of Drive
Folders included, across My Drive and every shared drive.
Who can see a file
Every named collaborator, and whether the link is open.
Share and unshare
Add a person at a role, remove one, or turn link sharing off.
Shared drives, set up
Create one, copy folders in, search inside it, set its banner.
Convert, export, read scans
Office files to native Docs and Sheets, a Doc to PDF, a scanned PDF to text.
where the credential stays
Signed in once, plus your own script.
The folder runs on the app's sign-in. The script runs as you, with a key you made.
on your computer, and in your Google account
Drive for desktop, signed in as you, and your Apps Script deployment, executing as you. A real file needs no API call at all. When a result cannot wait for the sync, the script reads Drive directly.
in your brain
A page names your account, its shared drives and the key's name. Never a path or a value.
what instibrain never touches
Your files never pass through us.
Files travel between your computer and Google, through Google's app or your own script.
- A file through our server.
Nothing is uploaded to us. No page holds file contents.
- A connector between your AI and Drive.
Each script call goes from your computer to your own deployment.
- A mount inside a project tree.
Sync engines fight, so files are referenced by absolute path.
the limits
Your AI waits on Drive's sync and keeps to your role.
Drive's own rules, as you will meet them.
| Limit | What it means |
|---|---|
| Sync is not instant | Remote changes arrive after 5 to 30 seconds. |
| A folder cannot move into a shared drive | It is copied instead, with new ids and no sharing. |
| A shared drive's role bounds a write | A refused write simply never syncs. |
| A delete goes to Drive's trash | Recoverable for 30 days. |
before you connect it
Your AI reaches your Drive, and our server never holds a file.
Does instibrain upload my files?
No. Google's app and your own script move them. We store a page of names only.
Which files can the AI reach?
What your account reaches: My Drive, your shared drives, and files shared with you.
Why a script of my own for search and sharing?
It runs as you, in your account, so no outside service stands between your AI and your Drive. The script's page shows the deploy.
Your Drive, folder and script together.
The app you already run moves real files. Your script does the rest, as you.
documents and filesGmail
Search, threads, drafts and cleanup, a send only on your go, through your own script.
documents and filesGoogle SheetsFormats, formulas, tabs and real dates, through your own script.
documents and filesGoogle DocsDocs edited in place, the writer's text untouched, through your own script.
documents and filesGoogle Apps ScriptThe one script behind Gmail, Sheets, Docs, Drive and Calendar.
documents and filesNotionPages and databases you can open, under your own token.
every kindWorks withEvery system by kind, and the rule each page shares.