Summarize new Google Drive documents and notify your team

Every new document in Google Drive gets summarized by AI and sent straight to Slack or your inbox.

How the work actually flows

It branches. Any that apply are taken.

Pattern: Multi-Choice (6)

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Build size
Advanced

A larger build with multiple systems, AI reasoning, and custom rules.

Business functions
AI Agents & Autonomous SystemsEmail AutomationMessaging & NotificationsDocument Processing & OCRReporting & AnalyticsFile & Cloud Storage
Connects
Google DriveGoogle DocsOpenAISlackGmail

The problem it solves

New reports, contracts, and proposals land in your shared drive constantly, and nobody has time to open and read every one. Important details, action items, or red flags can sit buried in a document for days before anyone notices.

Who it fits

Business teams and managers who share documents in Google Drive and want the highlights without opening every file.

How it works

  1. A new Google Doc or PDF appears in a watched Drive folder
  2. The system pulls the full text out of the file
  3. AI writes a title, summary, key points, action items, and sentiment
  4. The summary is sent to Slack, email, or both
What you get

Key points you can read instead of the whole file

You get a quick summary of every new document dropped into Drive, sent straight to Slack or your inbox.

What you get

A short AI summary of each new document, with action items and sentiment, delivered to Slack or email.

What you need

A Google Workspace account, an OpenAI API key, and a Slack workspace or Gmail account.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

That is what a Fractional Chief AI Officer figures out with you, before anyone writes a line of code.

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